Northjayhawk posted:

Speaking as a Royals fan, this team is pretty damned weird.

Our offense is dead last in HR, dead last in Walks, but best in the league in avoiding strikeouts. They put the ball into play and depend on the other team eventually booting balls. We also have crazy-fast base runners who warp the conventional wisdom about playing small-ball, and the outfield defense is terrific. The Royals also have an amazingly good bullpen.

Somehow, Dayton Moore has constructed a team that can win despite having a pretty bad offense, and a starting pitching staff that is merely "pretty good". On paper they should be a .500 team, but they are built to maximize those nutty high-variance plays to get the last few wins needed to make the playoffs.