Can This Dominant Starter Silence the Opposition and Change the Game?

The Royals are under .500, but just by a game. That’s a good improvement for the club that has struggled much of the season. They didn’t really do much at the trade deadline, opting to not really trade away talent or even acquire anything. The team might just be looking at this as a down year and hoping to find the postseason again next year. They made it last season, and they clearly are not terrible this year. They were rumored to be shopping their starter for today’s contest, but they opted to give Seth Lugo a contract extension, and I personally think he was very deserving. Lugo is 8-5 for the season with a 3.06 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. Over the past few years, he has been one of my most profitable starters. He isn’t a big strikeout pitcher, he just pounds the zone and the team is able to field well behind him. The biggest concern that I have this season is that Lugo seems to be increasing his walks in some games. He has walked four batters in each of his past two games. Lugo has only started one game against the Twins this season, going 5.2 innings allowing five hits, and two earned runs. He also had three walks and six strikeouts in that game. Overall, the Twins are hitting .243 against him. 

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