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The Royals scored eight runs in four games against the Guardians, losing three, and probably their playoff hopes along with them. In three seasons as GM, J.J. Piccolo’s offenses have a 91 wRC+, 27th in MLB ahead of just the Pirates, White Sox, and Rockies. This year’s team is going to fall short of the postseason thanks to the fourth-worst offense in the game. For all Piccolo’s success in picking pitchers to trade for and sign, he’s been a disaster when it comes to acquiring and deploying hitters, and he shares blame for the team’s failure to develop its own. Fixing the lineup has to be priorities #1 through #5 for the Royals this winter.
