Path to 90: Setting the Bar for a Successful June

Denny Medley-USA TODAY SportsBefore the season, I wrote a piece called “The Narrow Path to 90 Wins.” It had two parts, really. One was laying out what would need to happen on the team for the Royals to approach 90 wins, and the other was what shape the season might take if they did. Like pretty much everyone, I didn’t think it very likely the Royals would contend, but here we are in the first week of June, and the Royals have been one of the best handful of teams in baseball pretty much all season.

How has their season matched up to my “narrow path”? Well, the first and most important thing I mentioned would be that a successful Royals team would have one of the best rotations in baseball,…