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Soria will receive extra rest between outings
- Updated: September 10, 2016
CHICAGO — Royals manager Ned Yost spent his off-day on Thursday conferring with his coaching staff, trying to figure out what has been wrong with reliever Joakim Soria.
Soria took his eighth loss of the season (the franchise record for a reliever is nine) on Wednesday in Minnesota. It also was his third loss in eight games. He entered Friday having given up the go-ahead run 11 times when entering a game with the score tied or with the Royals ahead.
But Yost believes he has identified part of the problem.
“I think I’ve overused him,” Yost said. “If you look at his numbers, specifically two days’ rest, he’s really good.”
Soria’s overall ERA is 4.13. His ERA on zero and one days’ rest is 4.45 …
