KC Royals: The Player The Division Rivals Hate To Face

On of the reasons the KC Royals have had such success over the past two seasons is their ability to win within their own division.

The KC Royals recently dropped an ugly series to the Indians in Cleveland after looking very strong in a sweep against the White Sox last weekend. In fact, this year they are 13-9 against the division and 12-3 if you remove the games against Cleveland.

While the KC Royals have struggled against the Indians, they’ve also played all of those games on the road.

They haven’t just struggled against the Indians on the road this season. Outside the friendly confines of Kauffman stadium where the Royals are a whopping 19-7, they’re an equally unimpressive 11-19 on the road.

To repeat as division winners and, more importantly, World Series winners, the Royals are going to have to figure out what ails them on the road and learn to win away from home.

The Royals have scored less runs on the road than they have at home and the pitching has a road ERA of 4.47 compared to 3.46 on the road. They’ve walked more than 40 batters more on the road than at home and struck out about 40 fewer. That’s more people on base and more contact, which leads to more runs.

While the Royals have some work to do as a team, there are a select few who give the opposing clubs nightmares. Which KC Royals’ players have been doing their best to beat up the division rivals?

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