For Kansas City to compete for one of the four American League playoff berths, the Royals must improve offensively from a year ago. Kansas City scored the third-fewest runs in the AL – only Tampa Bay and Oakland were worse – and was second-to last in team OPS (.712) and slugging percentage (.400). And of course, they enter 2017 without Kendrys Morales, their No. 5 hitter for most of last year who hit .263 with a team-high 30 home runs ad 93 RBIs.
That being said, the Royals can and should be better at the plate this year.