Kansas City Royals 2026 Pitching Might Be Worst In Franchise History
Four clubs are on pace to avoid 100 losses as MLB’s weakest teams have stayed closer in the standings than recent cellar-dwellers.
- Major League Baseball's worst teams are showing increased competitiveness this season, with no club on track to reach 100 losses for the first time since 2017.
- Recent seasons saw record-breaking losses, including Colorado Rockies' 119 defeats last season and Chicago White Sox dropping an MLB-record 121 games in 2024.
- Current standings show Rockies , Los Angeles Angels , Athletics , and Kansas City Royals all positioned to avoid triple-digit losses even with below-average play.
- Amid the playoff hunt, National League MVP race between Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong has narrowed to a two-man competition.
- While Houston Astros reached World Series through multi-year rebuilding in the early 2010s, current standings suggest the era of extreme tanking may be waning across baseball.
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MLB's worst teams in 2026 are still pretty bad, but at least they
The full-blown tank is no longer trending in Major League Baseball. After a handful of infamous team performances in recent seasons — like the Colorado Rockies losing 119 games last season and the Chicago White Sox dropping an MLB-record 121 games in 2024 — the worst teams have been much more competitive. In fact, there’s a decent chance that no team will lose 100 games for the first time since 2017. The worst teams are the Rockies (46-72), Los …
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MLB's worst teams in 2026 are still pretty bad, but at least they are reasonably bad
The full-blown tank is no longer trending in Major League Baseball. After a handful of infamous team performances in recent seasons — like the Rockies losing 119 games last season and the White Sox losing an MLB-record 121 games in 2024 — the worst teams have been much more competitive.
Matt Strahm: A Microcosm of the 2026 Royals Bullpen
The Kansas City Royals selected Matt Strahm in the 21st round of the 2012 MLB Amateur Draft out of Neosho County Community College. Understandably, the 643rd pick in the draft came without much hype or fanfare. After all, Strahm was drafted in a round that no longer even exists in the modern MLB Draft and was taken from a junior college that most people outside of Neosho County have not heard of. However, it did not take long for the left-hander…
Kansas City Royals 2026 Pitching Might Be Worst In Franchise History
Whilst we think a call back to the notorious "halter top day" this season might have been the 2026 highlight . . . Here's a peek at stat geek lamentation as the team flirts with a pace to lose 100 games this year . . . Read more at tonyskansascity.com
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