as many of you know, i like to break the season down into smaller increments, commonly known as pods, to better understand the trajectory of a season. as the royals turn the corner on the first 72 games, let's take a look at the numbers, aka podnalysis, aka mocat math, to see how they're doing.
we'll move from longer pods to shorter pods:
18 game pods: 0-4
12 game pods: 0-6
9 game pods: 0-8
6 game pods: 0-11-1
3 game pods: 4-20
1 game pods: 19-53
as you can see, the royals have struggled in longer pods, but keep improving in pod win% as the pods get shorter. as we move into the rest of the season, it appears that the royals' best chance for success will be to play more shorter pods and to try to avoid getting caught in longer pods.