Game VII: Royals v. Blue Jays

The Royals have played six games this season. They have been shut out in three of them. They are collectively batting .155, the worst in baseball by nearly 50 points. They have the 2nd worst on-base percentage in baseball, despite being 13th in baseball in walks.

Kansas City has simply been ice-cold at the plate. Bobby Witt Jr. is hitting .095, MJ Melendez .111, Vinnie Pasquantino .118, Franmil Reyes .083, Nicky Lopez .111.

Ol’ reliable Salvador Perez is hitting a modest .263 and Matt Duffy went scorched earth in his first two games, recording five hits in seven at-bats, but aside from that, it’s been a whole lot of outs.

But in a weird way, the icy start at the plate leaves room for optimism.…