Royals Review Roundtable: The second half begins

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe All-Star break gave us a chance to catch our breath and reflect on this nightmarish season. With the Royals getting back to play tonight, I thought it would be a good time to take stock with our writers to try to make sense of all this putrid baseball.

What was the most disappointing thing about the first half?

Greg Walker: Where to start? Brady Singer can’t strike anybody out, Vinnie Pasquantino went down for the year, and only one of last year’s rookies has really taken steps forward. In year six of a rebuild, this squad is on pace for the worst record in franchise history, with little help on the way in the upper minors.

Preston…