Game thread XLVI – Royals at Cardinals

Noah Cameron has done a lot of looking for answers this year | Brad Penner-Imagn Images The Royals are now in the midst of their second losing streak of at least five games. They only have a single five-game winning streak to counter them. They could start another one of those today, but it’s hard to believe it while they’re losing.

Noah Cameron was surprisingly good for the Royals last year. While some thought there was room for him to be a worse pitcher in 2026, no one expected him to become this bad. Unfortunately, it appears he dropped his arm angle considerably in search of a better fastball shape that has wrecked his control and effectiveness with his other pitches.

It’s led to Noah only making it as far as six innings once and giving up 3+ runs in each of his last five starts. The Cardinals will send Kyle Leahy to the mound. He’s spent his entire four-year career in St.

Louis, and he’s been kind of an unremarkable reliever. With the Cardinals leaning into their rebuild over the offseason, they moved him to the rotation, where he has been kind of an unremarkable starter. He throws six pitches at least 10% of the time.