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Royals fans can expect many more fast starts in future

Posted on 10 Apr 2011 by .

Nothing was expected from the Kansas City Royals this season. Dan Szymborski of Baseball Think Factory used his ZiPS projection system to predict the records of each MLB team this year and had the Royals finishing 69-93, which tied the Astros for the worst record in baseball. Even a Royals team executive suggested, according to a story in ESPN the Magazine by Tim Keown, that Royals should put...

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