Kansas City Royals Playoff Chances & Key Outfield Issues

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00:00Yeah, I think so too. I mean, the race is going to be so much fun in September and to

00:04see, by the way, Cleveland may be a buyer, Kansas City at the buyer. I mean, you just

00:08don't see that at the trade deadline right now to win 90 plus games. The Royals are plus

00:13182 to make the playoffs. They're favored to make it, Jalen, at minus 138. So I think

00:18all of that certainly looks good. What would you say has to happen between now and the

00:23end of the year for the Royals just to simply make the playoffs? I'm not asking for anything

00:27more at this point. Yeah, they have to get more production out of their outfield. It's

00:32no secret. The three guys that they have out there, MJ Melendez, Kyle Isbell and Hunter

00:37Renfro have not performed to where the team will like them to perform. And when you look

00:43at the back of the baseball cards, as I always say, Hunter Renfro is going to be a 20 home

00:47run guy. But we haven't really seen the home runs come like they normally can. MJ Melendez

00:53has a whole bunch of talent, but it could be inconsistent at times. And he's working

00:57hard to try to get back to that consistent form, but it just hasn't come as of yet. And

01:04Kyle Isbell, he's a great defensive center fielder, but offensively, he still has a ways

01:08to go. And the Royals like him for his defense out there in the field, but he's pretty much

01:13going to be your nine hole hitter in any type of lineup. So they have to get more production

01:18out of the outfield. And if they can do that, then maybe there's a chance that they can

01:22continue this thing throughout September and into October.