Once again, we sit in August witnessing Kansas City Royals baseball through a lens of some sort of avant-garde postmodernism. Even though the point of professional sports is to win games, whether the Royals win or lose does not matter; rather, it is the development of individual players that is important.
Better performing players will naturally lead to more wins, of course. And lately we’ve seen some strong movement in that front. Cole Ragans looks like a revelation. Brady Singer has a 3.53 ERA in his last 13 starts. Freddy Fermin looks like a legitimate starting catcher. Bobby Witt Jr.