Royals Review Roundtable: The halfway point

We are officially at the midpoint of the season, with the Royals sitting at 38-43. They’ve lost 15 of 22 this month, including nine games in a row at home. We gathered our writers together to discuss what was wrong with the club and what they might do going forward.

The offense has clearly been the biggest problem so far this season. What is wrong and what would you do to try to fix things?

Matthew LaMar: The biggest thing that’s wrong is that they just don’t have the talent—they’re playing four or five guys every night who are borderline MLB players. I think there is absolutely no downside with trying a completely new batch of hitting coaching personnel and I am frankly somewhat concerned…