100 losses does not doom a franchise

The Royals have hit the 100-loss mark plateau for the fifth time in franchise history, and the first since 2006, Dayton Moore’s first year in Kansas City. Having a 100-loss season stinks, there is no getting around that, but the Royals have played reasonably well down the stretch with a core of young players like Adalberto Mondesi, Ryan O’Hearn, and Brad Keller that is sure to give fans some hope in an otherwise gloomy season.

But if you needed more reason to be optimistic, consider that a 100-loss season does not necessarily doom a franchise to years of losing baseball. Rany Jazayerli of The Athletic took a look at how 100-loss teams fare over the next few subsequent years and found that…