First Away Twins Series. Games 9-11

In the interest of time, and my sanity, I've decided that I will only write once per series unless I feel the urge to write on a specific topic.

As we know now, the Royals did not get many wins against a supposedly shoddy team in Minnesota. In fact, they got none. There have been pitching woes and defensive miscues, but the primary culprit has been the lack of offense. The Royals rank last in many offensive categories and need to step it up if they hope to make the playoffs this season. In the first five batters of our lineup, only one has an OPS of more than .710 and that is Alex Gordon. Overall, the only people who are batting close to or above expectations so far are Alex, Salvy and Cain. There is no way that they are all this bad. It is basically statistically impossible. The numbers aren't showing them as being unlucky necessarily either. They just aren't hitting the ball well. It's too hard to win games when you aren't scoring runs on offense. We need to step it up. Facing the Astros may be a good place to start, but regardless of team, the Royals need to start swinging it better or this will quickly be a lost season. Three games under .500 isn't great, but we could have been in the exact same position simply by losing the home opener. We could easily go 9-1 over our next 10 or something like that and be far into the positive column. Essentially, it is too early to tell anything. I saw a post yesterday that in each of the last several seasons, some team that started 4-7 went on to make the playoffs. Clearly, the season isn't over. The boys just need to put their hitting shoes on, buckle down and blast some balls. Only one home run by the whole team is an embarrassment. They are better than that and they know it. Improvement will surely come. It is statistically likely for it to come because this would rank as the worst season for several Royals hitters. We just need it to come sooner rather than later. Digging out of a hole last year was dramatic and all, but it was the reason why we didn't make the playoffs. Anything less than 2-1 against Houston is a disappointment and we can't be taking disappointments each series. We have to start winning games before it is too late.