Analytics allow us to turn baseball upside down in search of deep and subtle understanding, but sometimes fans just need to sit back and compare players to random stuff instead. This schtick began on Royals Review way back in 2009, with “If the Royals Were Nations”, followed by “The 25 Man Roster as Kitchen Tools” in 2010. Four years later, I tapped my background as a vegetable farmer to write the “2014 vegetarian guide to the Royals lineup”. Most of that team went on to reach two World Series and win one, for which I take all due credit.
A cheesemonger’s guide to the 2018 Royals lineup
