Kansas City Royals Rotation Exposed

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The most important statistic about the Kansas City rotation might simply have been 908 -- the number of innings the Royals got from their starting pitchers. That total ranked second in the majors behind Seattle, but 95% of that figure came from K.C.'s five most-used starters, the highest percentage in the majors . . . With five core starters -- Lugo, Wacha, Ragans, Brady Singer (now with the Cincinnati Reds) and Alec Marsh -- doing most of the work, the Royals' rotation still managed to work deeper into games than any other team in an era of two-times-through-the-order starters.

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