The 2015 Kansas City Royals were a good baseball team. They were a great baseball team, even.
The 2016 Kansas City Royals are not a good baseball team, at least at the moment.
That second statement is the one that is hardest to deal with, though it jives with what's happened on the field. After yesterday afternoon's win against the Atlanta Braves, their only winning series out of the last six, the Royals are 18-19. Their -18 run differential suggests that record should be worse. They rank 27th in all of baseball in runs per game, 28th in innings pitched by starters, 26th in starter FIP, 25th in pitcher walk rate, 26th in home runs hit, and 22nd in team OPS.