18.1 IP / 12 apps

TAXED PEN

Published Friday, September 25, 2026

Kansas City Royals's bullpen has covered 18.1 innings across 12 relief appearances in the last 3 days, including heavy usage on back-to-back nights. A pen carrying that workload is short on leverage arms, and the innings fall to whoever is left — which tends to show up late rather than early.

THE BET THIS ARGUED FOR

Cleveland Guardians ML

THE NUMBERS

team id

118

team name

Kansas City Royals

matchup

Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals

direction

taxed

relief outs

relief innings

18.1

relief appearances

days used

back to back

true

headline

18.1 IP / 12 apps

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18.1 relief innings · 12 appearances · last 3 days

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