Kansas City Royals Series Grades: Home Opener A Disappointment

The Kansas City Royals continued their early season struggles by dropping their home opening series to the Oakland A’s, two games to one.

Coming off of an impressive series victory over the Houston Astros, there was some hope the Kansas City Royals had things straightened out. With their home opener, and remembrance ceremony for Yordano Ventura, there should have been a little something extra in them. However, the Royals fell short and lost another series.

Of course it is still far too early in the season to get too worked up about the Royals record. At 3-6, KC can actually get back to .500 by sweeping their next series…stop laughing. In truth, the opening series sweep by the Twins is still the difference right now.

The big issue in this series loss to the A’s was the offense. Simply put, it never really showed up. Even if the game three victory, the Royals were only able to score three runs. It’s not as though many expected Kansas City to be an offensive powerhouse this year. However, after the surge of power in Houston, there was some hope.

The Kansas City Royals need to pull together some series victories. This season is far from over, and the Royals are far from out of contention. However, Ned Yost will have to come up with something to help get things on the right track.