This is not the quarter-pole of the season. That marker actually indicates when there is a quarter mile remaining in the race. So the season would be more accurately described as approaching the three-quarter pole. That doesn’t sound as cool, though, so maybe we should just leave the racing terminology behind entirely?
The Royals are both better and worse than we expected. Your Royals Review writers predicted, on average, that the team would win 72 games, this year. The team is on pace to be well worse than that. But a lot of the advanced stats say they’re at least that good and possibly better.