The Royals came into last off-season looking to increase their power. The acquisitions of Jorge Soler and Brandon Moss were part of a recognition that the game was changing. The pop-gun Royals offense of 2014, where they won a pennant despite finishing dead last in the league in home runs, was no longer going to cut it. Home runs were on the rise, and the Royals were going to have to get on the dinger train, or be left in the dust.
To their credit, they jumped aboard with full gusto, and it worked. Home runs are way up with the Royals.