Jack Mahoney

And we'll get to that probably more a little bit later on.

So maybe it will come out in the pre-game, pre-Clubhouse interviews before the Royals take on the Reds.

They'll have Matt Strom back.

They do.

Which is nice.

At this point, Kay, I might give him a couple of the closing opportunities.

And I've said this before, I'll say it again.

It does not matter who your closer is when you're 15 games under .500.

We can't get into that.

You are bad for a reason.

And it's not because your closer can't get in.

It's part of the reason.

It also doesn't matter who your closer is if you don't have one.

Yes, and they don't.

No one can get out consistently in that situation.

The bullpen is an unbelievable disaster.

There's not a single guy that walks out of the bullpen who's not Daniel Lynch that I go, feel pretty good.

And there's even been a couple outings where Daniel Lynch is a bit iffy and you go, well, who the hell are they going to go to now?

The offense has had its fair share of issues.

The rotation has not.