Before we start, we have to get one very important thing out of the way.
The Royals are not going to make the playoffs.
I mean, there are other sources of playoff odds out there, so you’re welcome to veer off to different websites if the above odds aren’t to your tastes. Or you could let me save you a click. FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus... no chance. Even the odds makers in Vegas have taken the Royals off the board. That’s $20 you put down in the sports book on your annual spring trip to Sin City? The one that got you the betting slip that you just couldn’t wait to tweet out in September because you were certain… certain!