The Toronto Blue Jays escaped Houston with some brilliant pitching that covered up for their swing-and-a-miss bats. Now it’s on to Kansas City for a rematch of the 2015 ALCS, but the two teams have gone in different directions since the Royals’ World Series win.
Kansas City currently sits at 51-57, fourth in the American League Central and well outside of the playoff picture with the division-leading Cleveland Indians a full 11.0 games ahead of them. Sustaining a championship team is always too high a bar, but few saw this significant of a regression coming.
With last night’s win in Houston, J.