Royals' Surprising September Surge: Playoff Implications

OK, so here is here is the craziest story developing in the baseball season, which is I think the Kansas City has no shot to make the postseason, by the way. But I just do want to say that they are only six and a half games out, which is crazy of the wild card. Now, I look, they got to chase down and beat out a million teams to get there. So it's not going to happen. But Tom, they are nine and one in their last 10 and even better than that over their last 15. And it's it appears to me that they did nothing more than do exactly what they should have done two months ago, which is completely blow up their bullpen and use different guys. That's what they've done. Now, look, Craig Kimbrell saving games. Yes, I did not have that as one of the main reasons why they have come back and won a bunch of these games. Kimbrell has been unbelievable, like he was with Atlanta 10 years ago. You know, they're here. Caglione is as hot as can be. I mean, Kansas City is not making any playoffs, but I think like their ownership in front office is probably looking at this like, wait a second here. Where was this? We didn't need to play this well. We just needed to be 500 to make the playoffs. They've been way better than that recently. And this is the this is what I really think the Royals are end up doing, that they're just going to cause trouble for other teams like if they continue to be this hot yet. I think you and I agree they are not making the postseason, but they're going to cause trouble for the Guardians and the twins and the other teams that are chasing down the A.L. wildcard where you look at the schedule like, oh, listen, we have to play the Royals and we get to play the Angels and the Athletics to close out our season. Those are wins. We're you know, we're a team in the A.L. wildcard because we can play those teams. We'll beat up on them. Listen, if you have to take on the Royals or even the Angels at this point, it's that's not a good look for you. But you have to be ready and get up for those series, as they say. But the Royals are just playing free. They lost Michael Garcia. They get Vinny Peaback and all of a sudden Carter Jensen, Jack Caglione, Bobby Witt, Sal Perez. Those guys are hitting the lights out at this point. And you know, bullpen be damned, they changed it up a little bit. But if you're going to score nine runs a game, you can win any series or any game that you're going to be in. Yeah. Nate Pearson now out of the bullpen for Kansas City. Some interesting names that they have used to get outs, and it seems to be working. And as you mentioned, Caglione has been as hot as anybody in baseball. Top four or five batters in the Royals lineup, as hot as any team right now going, is Kansas City one of those teams? As Tom mentioned, the big spoiler, it could very well be.