This wretched Royals season crumbled to new depths on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium, where they lost 7-4 to Boston to suffer their ninth straight loss, their 27th defeat in 31 games and descend to 25-64 overall.
That means they are 39 games under .500 for the first time since ending the 2005 season 56-106, and it’s hard to see any reason to think they won’t break that club record for losses.
Not when they’re the worst pitching team in the major leagues and capable of going 29 consecutive games without scoring more than five runs, which is tied for the longest such streak of futility in the American League since Texas managed to do that for 33 in a row in 1972.