Would you believe that the 2022 Kansas City Royals—the same ones who were at one point the worst team in baseball this year—have been playing .500 baseball for a month and a half? I would have not believed it myself, but sure enough, the Royals stood at 17-37 on June 7. They’d go on to win 22 of their next 44 games.
This is the case for a number of reasons. The pitching staff, which is still bad, has been not quite as disastrous. But the hitting side is where things have really taken flight. Since June 8, the Royals have been a top ten offense in baseball.