The more I look at the Royals’ roster as the season approaches, the more it seems to me like they are built to be in the middle-third. Their position players, starters, and bullpen all look like they will be in the 11th to 20th spots in a league of thirty teams, which is a nice step up from last year. That made me play around with some things and define what a middling team looks like in these three areas and also how those teams do in the regular season standings.
I went and pulled team data off of Fangraphs back to 2020 just to see what the 11th and 20th team did for position player, starting pitching, and bullpen WAR each year.