series against the blue jays, the royals were down 3-0 going into the seventh inning of game 2 and still came back and won that game and that series.
in game 1 of the world series against the mets the royals were down 4-3 going into the bottom of the ninth and still came back and won that game.
in game 4, the royals were down 3-2 going into the eighth inning and still came back and won that game.
in game 5, the royals were down 2-0 going into the ninth inning and still came back and won that game and that series.
none of that means the 2017 royals will do the 