With yesterday’s rain out, the Royals obtained an additional day of “relaxation”. Additionally, with the rain out, Max is with out energy this morning so that you get a substitute instructor sport thread. Forecast trying good to get in 2 video games at the moment with minimal rain probabilities and a excessive of 90.

I want to take this chance to say that day-night doubleheaders usually are not cool in any respect. I get that the homeowners lose a gate day in the event that they smush two video games into an old-fashioned doubleheader the place one sport begins a half hour after the opposite. However, c’mon, you get a voucher for an additional sport anyway should you can’t make the make-up so it’s not fairly however shut sufficient to a wash.

If you wish to learn all about doubleheaders, Chris Jaffe at The Hardball Instances did a 3 half collection again in 2010 concerning the historical past of them:

Additionally, ESPN has a good little index of doubleheaders going again to 2002. Utilizing W-Break up-L, the Royals have really been respectable at doubleheaders the final couple years even because the group has been dangerous

2022: 1-3-0

2021: 1-2-0

2020: 0-2-0

2019: 1-1-1

As for at the moment’s festivities, right here’s the lineup for sport 1:

Beneath is the Rays lineup for sport 1:

Anne Rogers has extra concerning the pitching match up in her story concerning the rain out:

Proper-handed rookie Alec Marsh was scheduled to pitch Friday for the Royals, and he’ll now begin Sport 1 of the doubleheader on Saturday. Lefty Cole Ragans would be the twenty seventh man for Saturday’s doubleheader and can begin Sport 2, making his Royals debut after the membership acquired him within the commerce that despatched Aroldis Chapman to the Rangers.

Marsh vs Glasnow in sport 1. Ragans for the Royals in sport 2.

Apparently, TBD can be beginning for the Rays in sport 2. In fact, being the Rays, TBD was most likely picked up off the scrap heap from the Tigers, developed a third pitch of their pitching lab, and can end fifth in AL Cy Younger voting this yr whereas making league minimal.

The Rays will begin Tyler Glasnow in Saturday’s opener, and whereas their starter for the nightcap is formally TBD, Cooper Criswell is anticipated to both begin that sport or pitch bulk innings because the twenty seventh man. Zach Eflin is now anticipated to start out on Sunday, with Shane McClanahan’s return from the injured listing moved to Monday in Arlington and Taj Bradley slated for Tuesday.