The Kansas City Royals made their offseason splashes on offense, but it’s been a surprising starting rotation that has carried them to an AL Central-leading 16-10 record through the first month of the season.
Royals starters have the 12th best ERA in baseball, and that includes the struggles of Brad Keller’s 8.06 ERA. They don’t have the makings of a group that has been extraordinarily lucky, either. Their combined .302 BABIP is one of the highest in baseball, and they’ve only stranded 69.7% of the batters they have faced. They don’t have an abnormally low home run or walk rate, and they’ve struck out their fair share of batters, but nothing that would suggest they are going to come crashing back down to Earth.