Hernandez to the DL

The Royals placed Runelvys Hernandez on the 15-day DL due to "stamina" issues.

"I'm just concerned about his stamina and durability. He needs to work on getting up his pitch count," Bell is quoted as saying in an article on MLB.com. "He hits 50 pitches and just kind of loses it."

How is it possible that a guy who makes a living as an athlete comes into camp so far out of shape that he can't even perform—let alone perform at a high level? For some reason, Bell is defending Hernandez by saying that it's a little unfair to say that Hernandez is going on the DL because he's overweight.

I guess he's just protecting his player and wants him to know that he believes in him, but it seems to me that somebody needs to be honest with Hernandez. Now the Royals have to shift their newly shaped rotation to accommodate a guy who didn't care enough about the team to get into shape.

Mays moves to the number two spot. Affeldt to the number three spot. And Bautista to the number four spot. The fifth spot is not necessary right due to all of the scheduled off days at the beginning of the season, but if Hernandez is able to actually throw more than 50 pitches in a game by mid-April, he'll take over the number five spot.