At the start of nearly every series the Royals have played this season, if you tune into the TV or radio broadcasts you almost certainly heard someone say, “This is an important series for the Royals!” Similarly, Jacob Milham and I have regularly discussed every series on the Royals Rundown podcast as either a vital series, an important test, or some other synonymous descriptor to the point that we intentionally tried to move away from that framing in recent podcast episodes.
The big question though, is how can this be true? Are analysts just prone to over-hyping things?