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Royals have goal of finishing over .500
- Updated: September 23, 2016
CLEVELAND — Their division hopes are gone, and their American League Wild Card dreams are fading fast. So what is driving manager Ned Yost and the Royals during these final games of the 2016 season?
Finishing over .500.
The Royals are gunning to finish over .500 for the fourth straight season, something the franchise hasn’t done since 1975-80, when the Royals finished over .500 in six straight seasons.
“That’s vitally important in my mind,” Yost said. “In the history of the Royals, the organization has only done it [that one other] time. It’s really important.”
The Royals also could become only the third team in the American League to finish over .500 the last four …
