Blind optimism isn’t easy to find for fans of the Kansas City Royals. The team hasn’t finished above .500 since 2015 when they won the World Series. Although the losses have far outweighed the win total, there has still been some reason for hope to close out nearly every season in that span. Just as the Royals have an uncanny ability to find a long losing streak somewhere in the season’s first two months, they seem to have the ability to put together a cause for hope at the end of each season as well.
In 2016 they played at a scorching .