The Cubs should definitely not look past this series. The Royals are a MLB team just like all the others and the Cubs need to continue to play hard, as they have all season, and keep the pressure on the opposition.
For more on the Royals, here’s Max Rieper, manager of our SB Nation Royals site Royals Review.
So you can look at the Royals’ record which has them on pace for a club record in losses and conclude this is a team that should roll over and die. But they’ve suddenly gotten pretty feisty the last three weeks, winning seven in a row at one point and seemingly battling in every game.