Before the season started, I was the only Royals Review writer to pick the team to finish above .500 this season. The big projection systems weren’t much more bullish on the team. FanGraphs had them going 76-86 with only a 13.2% chance to make the playoffs. That was still better than last year’s 72 wins and 5.4% chance, but not by much.
In contrast, if you check the most recent projections from FanGraphs, the team is now given a 32% chance to make it to the post-season and their projected record has improved by another four games to 80-82.