While it may be easy to be discouraged by the stretch that the Kansas City Royals have put together to start the year, let’s not forget about the basics. While there are hundreds of reasons that the team’s first 21 games have fallen short of even the simplest expectations, it’s very easy to forget the scale of a full major league season. Across 162 games there will always be some excruciating baseball played even by some of the best teams around. Below I am going to compare the different but similar struggles put on display between this and last year’s team.
A tale of two struggles
