SB Nation Kansas City - Felipe Paulino To Replace Nathan Adcock In Kansas City Royals Pitching Rotationhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48935/kc-fave.png2011-05-29T06:51:39-05:00http://kansascity.sbnation.com/rss/stream/19597062011-05-29T06:51:39-05:002011-05-29T06:51:39-05:00Felipe Paulino To Replace Nathan Adcock In Kansas City Royals Pitching Rotation
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<p>What a wild past week it has been for <a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Royals</a> pitching <span>Felipe Paulino</span>.</p>
<p>After having been designated for assingment by the <a href="https://www.purplerow.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Colorado Rockies</a> early last week, Paulino was traded to the Royals on Thursday evening for cash considerations. Then on Friday after arriving to Dallas to join the team's weekend series against the <a href="https://www.lonestarball.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Rangers</a>, Paulino pitched 4 1/3 shutout innings in his Kansas City debut, giving up just one hit and striking out three.</p>
<p>With how well Paulino pitched on Friday evening, Royals manager Ned Yost has decided it was enough to make a pitching change, and move Paulino to the starting rotation. The 27-year-old right-hander will be taking the spot of rookie <span>Nathan Adcock</span>. Adcock, who started the year in long relief, had recently started two games because of injuries in the Royals rotation.</p>
<p>Paulino, who previously was a starter with the <a href="https://www.crawfishboxes.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Houston Astros</a>, will make his debut in the starting rotation on Wednesday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium against the <a href="https://www.halosheaven.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Angels</a>. <a target="_blank" href="http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110528&content_id=19696492&notebook_id=19696846&vkey=notebook_kc&c_id=kc">Yost talked about his newest Royal</a>-</p>
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<p>"If Adcock had had a real decent start, we'd have probably left [Paulino] in the pen," Yost said. "But Paulino has got more weapons right now. He's got a 98 mile-per-hour four-seamer, he's got a 94 mile-per-hour two-seamer, he's got a slider with as sharp a break as I've seen this year -- he was freakin' snappin'."</p>
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https://kansascity.sbnation.com/2011/5/29/2335848/felipe-paulino-to-replace-nathan-adcock-in-kansas-city-royalsMatthew Hays