Jeff Passan

For some guys it does, but in Bubic's case, I think something that would be interesting for the Royals to do is to bring him into a game on his bullpen day and have him throw a relief inning.

almost just to showcase what he would look like in a relief role.

And if the velocity bumps up, all of a sudden teams aren't just guessing in that regard.

And if that's something that Bubic would be willing to do, then you try it with him.

I also don't know how likely that is because he is going to be a free agent this winter, and even if that's not at the forefront of his mind, it's certainly part of his decision-making calculations.

It's a big we'll see for me, and...

I like the fact that he's got a multi pitch mix.

You know, it's not just like fastball slider.

got the four-seamer, he's got the sinker, he throws a change-up, a curveball, a slider, he's got all those things.

But it's the walks, dude.

Like, are the walks going to hinder him and keep him from being the type of pitcher who, with an average fastball velocity at, like, 96, 97, like, there's a chance for him to be pretty good.

But if you're not throwing strikes, that chance...

is very, very, very unlikely.

Bailey Falter lived down to his name.

I was going to say, if we want to look at whips, Lucas Ersig recently, oh, goodness.

And I say that as somebody who has had him on my fantasy team the whole time.

It's been a rough stretch.

Well, I mean, it can't get worse than what you've had recently.

And Alex Lang has been the Royals' best reliever this year.

Well, I mean, Daniel Lynch has probably been the Royals' best reliever this year, right?