{"id":673357,"date":"2026-04-11T15:18:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/673357\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:18:41","slug":"royals-reacts-results-cant-get-no-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/673357\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Reacts Results &#8211; Can\u2019t get no relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Royals<\/a> fans and fans across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/0DWS6R\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Earlier this week, we posed the question of which position group on the roster worried you the most. The answers were unequivocal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">65% of you felt that the relief pitching was a big problem for the team. Considering the question went up the day following a game in which the bullpen was overtaxed and badly exposed against the Cleveland Guardians, that probably shouldn\u2019t be a surprise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I do wonder how the middle results would have changed if we had asked this question this morning instead of Thursday, because Bobby Witt Jr. has been on a tear for a few days now, and Maikel Garcia hasn\u2019t stopped hitting the ball since the WBC. Meanwhile, Kyle Isbel and Jac Caglianone have both cooled a bit from their red-hot starts. Would you be more concerned about the outfield now?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">No one is worried at all about the starting pitching, even after Cole Ragans injured his hand in Thursday\u2019s start. That\u2019s reasonable, as Anne Rogers <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fcole-ragans-injury-royals-guardians-series-finale\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has reported<\/a> that Cole Ragans feels fine and intends to make his next start unimpeded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">These survey results are sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. 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