Do not read into the title that the Kansas City Royals are crushing it better than other teams. Even as they close in on a possible franchise-high mark for balls hit out of the park they are still just 28th in the majors in this category, only ahead of the Detroit Tigers and Miami Marlins. Probably no coincidence that those two teams are two of the three that have a worse win-loss record than Kansas City.
But in a season of little to celebrate we will acknowledge this potential milestone and embrace it, just as we did Jorge Soler setting (and still adding to) the individual Royals home run record.