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The KC Royals won’t be Cleveland’s doormat this season

(Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports)

Cleveland has dominated the KC Royals for several years. That’s about to change.

When new KC Royals first baseman Carlos Santana take his first crack at his old team this afternoon at Cleveland’s Progressive Field, he’ll see a far different club than the one he left to join Kansas City last December.

And his new teammates won’t be facing the same team that’s dominated them for the past five years: since winning the 2015 World Series, the Royals are 31-55 against Cleveland. But because the Indians and Royals aren’t now what they have been, that domination should end this season, and the beginning of that end may come today when the Royals start their first road series at 3:10 p.