Let’s take a look at the season that was for the 2024 Kansas City Royals, the questions the team must address this winter and the early outlook for 2025.
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Postseason outcome
After clinching the American League's second wild card, the Royals swept the Orioles in the wild-card round and then lost to the Yankees in four games in the ALDS.
Kansas City's pitching is the main reason they made it past the Orioles and didn’t get swept by the Yankees.