Is this the year that PECOTA gets it right with the Royals?
If so, the Royals could be looking at the No. 1 pick in the 2019 draft.
Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA projection forecasts a 66-96 finish for the Royals this year, and that would tie them with the Miami Marlins for the worst record in baseball. While Baseball Prospectus is famous* for being wildly off the mark with Royals’ projections, this year it might get a mulligan.
*Around Kansas City, at least
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