The Royals are 4-4 and third in the AL Central a week into the season. This time last year, the Royals were 2-6 and wouldn’t win their first series for one more game. They wouldn’t win another series until the White Sox came to town in early May. They were not at .500 at any point last season after the first game.
Today the Royals have a chance to win their first series of 2024, though hopefully it won’t take them as long to win their second. I know we were worried about the offense after that first game, and about the bullpen in general, but they currently have a +14 win differential.