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Better late than ever.

The Royals start a week late against the Cleveland Guardians Thursday afternoon shortly after 3 o'clock at Kauffman Stadium.

Of course, we had the lockout this offseason, and the shortened and delayed spring training

leads the Royals to opening against the Guardians on Thursday afternoon in a matchup of Cy Young winning pitchers.

Zach Grinke won a Cy Young for the Royals.

Shane Bieber, only 26 years old, has already won a Cy Young for the Clevelandals. Shane Bieber, only 26 years old, has already won a Cy Young

for the Cleveland Guardians. Yes, the Cleveland Indians are now the Cleveland Guardians.

Bieber in a limited year last year's earn run average was just over three, but he has been a

Royals killer in his three years in the major leagues. It seems like they see him a lot.

I don't remember the last time the Royals played a series against Cleveland,

and they didn't catch Bieber.

They certainly weren't going to miss Bieber opening the season.

He is the stud of their staff and a team that is probably not as good as you think it is.

Royals could be competitive with Cleveland this year.

The Guardians have signed a five-year extension of their superstar third baseman Jose Ramirez.

They've bolstered their bullpen and they're developing another group of pitchers, which is what their forte is.

When Cleveland makes the playoffs, it's always because of great starting pitching.

This organization is the opposite of the Royals. The Indians,

with the guardians, have always cranked out, drafted, developed, and cranked out starting

pitching. They can't always keep it. They wind up trading a lot of it away before they reach

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