If the Royals continue their winning ways over an extended period, like the franchise did in the 1970s and 1980s, they’ll have taken the road less traveled in 21st-century baseball.
If the Royals overcome the odds of tacking on three more winning seasons to their current streak of three, they’d join select company. Of the 30 franchises, only 13 have experienced six or more consecutive winning seasons since 2000.
No team in the American League surpasses the Royals’ current streak of three straight winning seasons. The Indians also have three. The Cardinals (eight), Dodgers (five) and Nationals (four) have baseball’s longest streaks of winning seasons.