Bruce Chen From Panama: Royals' Stopper

When your team needs a win, who else would you want on the mound except Bruce Chen?  It is a happy Friday, so we will ignore that Chen allowed 11 baserunners in less than seven innings and allowed just two runs despite only striking out four and getting just one double play.  Maybe he was more lucky than good on Thursday night, but it worked out for a much needed win. Okay, "much needed win" is kind of an overstatement.  This team is locked in a downward spiral that the additions of Doug Waechter and Josh Anderson is probably not going to pull them out of.  Not that I mind those additions, because, at this point, any change is a good change.  For the record, Chen has thrown 23.1 innings over his last four starts and allowed 30 hits, but just 10 earned runs for a 3.86 earned run average.  He has walked six, struck out 19 and hit three batters just for good measure.  That is a WHIP of 1.67, which is living pretty dangerously and probably a ...