Determining strength of schedule is a little bit of a chicken and an egg problem. Does a good team have a poor strength of schedule because they beat everybody? Does a bad team have a high strength of schedule because they are soaking up all the losses? Or is it truly indicative of something? This is especially true in the 2020 season, when each team only has nine opponents.
However you look at it, though, the Royals have had a really rough start. At one point, they had played 13 games and somehow managed to lose six of them in a row.