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The Kansas City Royals are struggling with a 7-15 record, likely eliminating their playoff hopes despite 140 games remaining. To reach a target of 87 wins, they would need to achieve a .571 winning percentage, a feat they have not accomplished in recent history.
The Kansas City Royals currently have a record of 7-15.
The Royals need to achieve 87 wins to have a reasonable chance at the playoffs.
The Royals need to maintain a .571 winning percentage for the remainder of the season.
The last time the Royals won 93 games in a season was in 2015 when they won the World Series.

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| Team | Year | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Jays | 2021 | 91 |
| Blue Jays | 2023 | 89 |
| Mets | 2024 | 89 |
| Phillies | 2022 | 87 |
| Tigers | 2025 | 87 |
| Rays | 2022 | 86 |
| Tigers | 2024 | 86 |
| Diamondbacks | 2023 | 84 |
| Reds | 2025 | 83 |
| Reds | 2021 | 83 |
| MEDIAN | 86.5 | |
| Here, you can see why the poor start has such a big impact. To get to 87 wins now, the Royals must go 80-60 the rest of the year. Thatâs a winning percentage of .571, or a 93-win pace. | ||
| This isâŠa tall order. To put it into perspective, the Royals have won 93 games over a full season once in 46 yearsâthat was 2015, when Kansas City won the World Series. The Royals essentially have to play nearly as good as the 2015 team did for the rest of the season. Considering that this team is significantly less talented than that 2015 squad, we have a pretty big problem. | ||
| How much less talented these Royals are than a real 90-something win team, a mark that some around the league predicted would happen? Thatâs the real question. The Royals have made it a nearly yearly tradition to suffer through extended early-season losing streaks. And as longtime Royals writer Rany Jazayerli pointed out, the only times the Royals avoided doing so was when the team made the playoffs (or, in other words, was actually a good team). | ||
| The crux of the matter is that good teams donât start so poorly because they have enough talent to stave off big losing streaks. While I think the Royals are clearly better and more talented than their first few weeks of baseball has shown, I also think itâs clear that the Royals just arenât a playoff team. They have the same excellent starting pitching and same poor offense as last year, when they went 81-81. Add in what is literally the worst bullpen in the big leagues, though, and this yearâs squad is starting to look worse than last yearâs squad. | ||
| Again, I wouldnât necessarily be surprised if the Royals fought their way back into standings relevancy. Itâs just that playoff teams tend not to what the Royals have been doing over this long of a stretch of time. And when you look at the math, well, it just looks grimâjust like the experience of watching Royals baseball this year. |