Royals fans have been freaking out about Johnny Cueto’s performance for a solid month now, and tonight’s outing against the Mariners is not doing much to remedy that. Through four innings, he’s allowed six hits and three runs.
However, he does have four strikeouts and randomly broke out an exaggerated version of his shimmy wind-up against Nelson Cruz:
@jonahkeri I don't know how to gif but here's the Cueto shimmy pic.twitter.com/mmvehanYxu
— Stubs O'Ticket (@stubsoticket) September 25, 2015
How the five shimmies looked from Nelson Cruz’s point of view:
https://twitter.com/AndrewWoeck/status/647218883481366528
Honestly, Royals fans should chill — this stuff is gold.