Post-season baseball is in full swing. The Dodgers looked like a juggernaut this season, but have run in to a roadblock with an exciting young Braves team taking a 2-0 series lead. In the American League, the Astros snuck into the expanded playoffs despite finishing near .500, but their run may be coming to an end after dropping the first three games in the American League Championship Series against the top seeded Rays.
It has been five years since the Royals last made the playoffs, and they would love to get back to playing October baseball. The game has changed a bit since they won a title in 2015, so what lessons can they learn from this year’s crop of contenders?