These dudes can hit now. On May 16th, the Kansas City Royals offense was in dire straits. With just over a month of games played, the team had collectively hit a 77 wRC+, which was 27th in baseball. Their 118 runs scored was also 27th. Despite coming off an offensive outburst in Colorado, in which the Royals scored 26 runs in a three-game set, the brass decided it was time to make a change. The Royals fired hitting coach Terry Bradshaw, replacing him with Alec Zumwalt, who had been serving as Senior Director for Player Development and Hitting Performance. Since…