1-2 Punch
One thing that definitely has hurt the Royals this year is the perormance of their 1-2 starters, Brian Anderson and Darrell May.

Anderson is 1-5 with a 6.79 ERA and May is 1-6, 5.76. The Royals are 2-17 in their starts. Both pitchers have been terribly disappointing this season. Last night, May gave up 5 runs in the second inning, after his team gave him a 2 run lead.

Anderson, especially, has again and again killed the Royals by giving up big innings early in the games. May has been guilty of this as well, as shown:

Date	Pitcher	Runs	Inning
4/5	Anderson	4	2
4/10	Anderson	5	4
4/13	May	3,4	2,5
4/25	Anderson	4	3
5/4	May	4	2
5/5	Anderson	6	2
5/10	Anderson	6	1
5/20	May	5	2

Those are the two best pitchers on the staff??? Something is very wrong here. Both these guys need a kick in the butt. Hopefully, bringing Zack Greinke up will put some pressure on these two. I say send them to the bullpen until they can prove that they can give the team 5 innings without blowing it.