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- Updated: July 27, 2016
KANSAS CITY — As the non-waiver Trade Deadline approaches on Monday, the Royals are moving in the wrong direction. They fell to 3-8 after the All-Star break after Tuesday night’s 13-0 loss to the Angels.
Kansas City, which has dropped four straight, hasn’t won consecutive games since June 29-30 and has gone more than a month since winning a series of three or more games. And while the losses pile up, there hasn’t been just one thing to correct.
“It’s extremely frustrating. We just can’t really get anything going,” first baseman Eric Hosmer said. “Offensively, can’t really get off to a good start. Defensively, teams are coming out and doing a good job of putting up runs early on us.”
Earlier in the week, Royals general manager Dayton Moore said he knows the club hasn’t played its best baseball, but with losses piling up, it seems more likely it could be a seller at the Deadline.
Left fielder Alex …
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