For the first time this year—and probably not the last, but we’ll see—the Kansas City Royals are at .500. For a squad that has played at a ~90 loss pace since before the 2018 midterm elections, finishing at .500 would be a huge improvement, and something the Royals have only done five times since 1995.
We’re a long way off from finishing .500, though. In fact, we’ve only just begun! Tonight, the Royals will face their interleague rivals: the St. Louis Cardinals. Yes, it’s early in the year for that to happen, but schedules get weird sometimes. Remember when the Royals played the New York Mets, of all teams, to begin the 2016 season?