Kansas City Royals vs. Anaheim Angels: LA Playing Good Baseball

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AI GeneratedTwo analysts discuss an upcoming game between the Kansas City Royals and the Los Angeles Angels. Despite recent winning streaks and poor pitching statistics, the consensus leans toward a low-scoring game (the under), though concerns remain regarding the weak relief pitching of both teams and recent organizational changes within the Angels.
Kansas City and the Angels have now won, what, three in a row?
They put together a little winning streak here, Kansas, right?
I mean, as long as they're playing Texas, apparently, they're good to go.
But Lugo against Grayson Rodriguez with nearly a seven and a half ERA, and as bad as maybe
both these pitchers are, I still can't trust them, Craig, to score nine runs in this game.
It's still an under for me.
Yeah, I mean, this is the worst game on the board right here.
So, yeah, you wouldn't think so.
My only concern would be late in the game, neither team has good relief pitching.
So you could see that game sort of exploding after the fifth inning.
Angels playing a little bit better.
Like I said, I saw them.
I thought that they were better than their record indicated.
They've made a lot of changes.
In fact, after they got crushed by Miami, they fired all their coaches, pitching staff,
Mike Maddox, too.
So that's another thing, too, is that you would think that their pitching could, you
know, improve a little bit.
They want to go more analytical.
And right now they, for whatever reason, John Moselak, the new GM or interim GM, didn't
like the fact that they weren't using the data that they had.
I guess that's what was reported.
Now that's going to change.
I don't know that that means the pitchers will be better, but, you know, certainly data
can't hurt.
Mike Maddox, great pitching coach for a long time, including in St. Louis under Moselak.
That was a little weird that I guess he got fired twice, once by him in St. Louis and
now by him with the Angels.
But, you know, the Angels, at least for the first time in a while, are playing young kids
and hopefully their future is brighter than what it is right now.
