I know that Ryan Lefebvre has said it 200 times this series, but the Royals really did used to own Tampa Bay. They went 4-2 against them in 2012, 6-1 in 2013, 4-2 in 2014, 6-1 in 2015, and 5-2 in 2016. They also went 3-1 in their first series against Tampa in 2017.
So what’s that, 28-9 against the Rays in that stretch?
Then the floor fell out. They went 1-2 in the final series of 2017 against TB, they were swept in seven games by the Rays in 2018, and now they’re on the cusp of getting swept again.