Everything's up to date in Kansas City.
So up to date, that they're going to win more games this season than the Blue Jays. The last time that happened? 1996.
Mark Buehrle continues to pitch like the staff ace he has unexpectedly become. Buehrle is 6-1, 2.14 since the All-Star Break. The team is 18-10 in his starts, which is pretty good. Of course, it also means they're 43-64 when someone else starts. Which is not so good.
It's R.A. Dickey (10-12, 4.39) vs Jeremy Guthrie (13-10, 4.19) this afternoon. I remember this winter being keen on the idea of trying to get Guthrie. I thought he'd be cheap and decent. They got the guys they got instead, which certainly seemed a good idea at the time. Dickey has in fact pitched about as well as Guthrie. He's just had a worse team behind him.
The series concludes tomorrow afternoon with J.A.Happ (3.4, 5.46) matching up with James Shields (9-8, 3.14). Shileds has had a very fine season, although the runs (and the bullpen haven't always been there to help him. He had a remarkable stretch from mid April into June this season when he threw down 13 consecutive quality starts and won exactly one of them. He went 1-5, 2.59 in that stretch, and presumably started drinking heavily. Pretty sure I would.
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