Last week was very bad, but this week was...not *as* bad! 

The Royals suffered some ugly, ugly blowouts, and it seems like Jake Junis and Scott Alexander are the only pitchers doing well who are healthy right now. That's not ideal.

And yet, the Royals are still hanging around in the wild card race. They need a blistering hot final 24 games of the year to do it, but it's not impossible. 

Also, Mike Moustakas tied Balboni. We're still waiting for #37...

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