To the surprise of nobody—and to the consternation, perhaps, of only those who dislike things that are totally awesome—fire-balling phenom Yordano Ventura has officially been named as the final starter in the 2014 Kansas City Royals rotation. Call it the spring’s most “no-duh” moment, I suppose, but it’s one of those formalities that had to be addressed.
After a completely dominant, nearly unhittable campaign—15 strikeouts in 15 innings while only walking one, a WHIP lower than one, and a measly three earned runs—the 22-year-old Dominican will slide into the third spot in the rotation behind ace James Shields and new-hire Jason Vargas.
So if you’re needlepointing something to commemorate the season, the rotation is set like this:
1) Shields
2) Vargas
3) Ventura
4) Jeremy Guthrie
5) Bruce Chen
Or if you want to include my thoughts on your needlepoint, too, it’d look something like this:
1) Nice!
2) Um.
3) CAN’TWAITFORTHIS
4) Um.
5) 🙁
Remember last week when Sporting KC boss Peter Vermes went off on his team for conceding a late goal against visiting FC Dallas?
You know it’s a big game when Marlon Wayans is in the house…
