It's not enough that the pitching is a wreck. The Royals' lead the majors in ERA at 6.77.
And it doesn't help that the defense has broken down. Doug Mientkiewicz's error helped lose a game in Tampa Bay, and Berroa's blunder contributed to a loss in Chicago.
But now, the offense has disappeared. The Royals were nearly no-hit yesterday against Javier Vazquez. The losing streak stands at 10. The Royals allowed 69 runs over their 9 game road trip - an average of nearly 8 runs per game.
Unless things change drastically soon, we could be looking down the barrel of an historically miserable season.
The Bell Curve
Actual Record: 2-12
Runs Scored: 46
Runs Allowed: 99
Projected Record: 23-139
Pythagorean Record: 29-133
Pythagorean Winning %: .178
Let's go get 'em.
2 comments:
Look at it this way - when your Pythagoran projection is a miserable under .200 winning percentage and you are managing to play below THAT - history baby. Bring on the Cleveland Spiders!
I hadn't thought of that. The Royals' "actual" projection is worse than their Pythagorean projection. I guess that means that not only are they bad, they're unlucky on top of bad. Ugh...
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