There’s another issue, though, that I hope the Royals will delve deeper into as they audit their processes.
Heck, maybe they could even form a task force for the cause:
Solve why so many of their seasons get wrecked within weeks.
Because it’s an ever-hovering albatross that deflates fans and typically has made for too much ground to make up.
Yes, the Royals have been above water through May in two of Matt Quatraro’s first four seasons as manager.
And, yep, the early stumbles are intertwined with broader reasons they do or don’t succeed through the course of a 162-game marathon. And, sure there’s a difference between causal and correlation.
But, geez, this happens over and over and over and over.