Ryan Bergert didn’t spend a ton of time with Kansas City in 2025, he only made eight starts for Kansas City after they acquired him at the trade deadline alongside Stephen Kolek (review for him coming soon!) for fan-favorite backup catcher Freddy Fermin. And, if you just looked at the raw numbers, you might not be all that impressed by him. After all, he finished the season with a perfectly adequate, but not spectacular, 3.66 ERA, thanks to a 4.43 ERA with Kansas City.

But what became clear shortly after his final start of the season at Philadelphia is that he was hurt in his final two starts – that one and the one against Cleveland that pretty much killed the Royals’ slim September playoff hopes. So I’m going to focus on his first six starts with the Royals, instead. In those starts, he

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