Yes, friends, we’ve reached the point in a lost season where mere competence is inviting. The Royals have won five of seven games and, over a longer period, eight out of 14. I think a lot about the fact that good teams have bad stretches and bad teams have good stretches. The definition of those good stretches and bad stretches are very different. Good teams having a bad stretch go 5-7 or 7-10. Bad teams on a good stretch go 5-2 or 8-6. Where it gets tricky is what the mediocre teams do. I’m not sure a mediocre team has a 17-37 stretch like the Royals did to start their year, but a team like the Rangers starting 6-14 seems like something a mediocre team could do.
Lesky’s Notes: An actual winning road trip? Now I’ve seen everything
