Royals are team of the extreme and they’re trending in wrong direction

Another slump for the Royals has them losers of nine of 10 and the latest setback was especially painful. In Monday’s 10-3 to the Detroit Tigers, the Royals went 1 for 14 with runners in scoring position and left 13 runners on base. In all, they had 18 base runners.Beat writer Lynn Worthy and columnist Sam Mellinger join Blair Kerkhoff in breaking down the Royals and what’s going wrong like the lack of clutch hitting, the inconsistency of young starting pitching and how injuries are starting to pile up. You’ll also hear from Mike Matheny and Whit Merrifield from last night’s game.Story links:“It’s just a bad run,” Royals fall behind early to Tigers, never recoverMellinger MInutes: More normal, more Royals struggles, and we get deepOption for Royals fans who have cut the cord is advancing but it may be costly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices