It’s paranoia. “Awful convenient” ?? It’s incredibly *inconvenient* to lose your starter in the second inning. Especially if you know anything about this particular pitcher (being newly molded to be a starter, needs the work) and when you consider the Royals’ lack of available starters. History doesn’t influence…

I’m willing to bet there’s not a pitcher in mlb that is going to “fake” unintentionally hitting a batter in order to get away with it. If he wants to hit the guy, he’s going to make it known. Thus their comments about that pitch being a change up. Their point wasn’t that it wouldn’t hurt. They are attempting to…

Do you watch baseball much?  They're not saying it wouldn't hurt. That wasn't the point they were trying to make. They're saying, hey, look at the kind of pitch it was. You're not going to throw an off speed change up if your intention is to hit the batter. Just trying to clear that up.