Major League Baseball is more than just a collection of 30 teams in some of the biggest metro areas in North America. Every franchise has four full-season minor league affiliates at four levels: Low-A, High-A, Double-A, and Triple-A, each consisting of progressively more talented athletes.

For Kansas City Royals minor leaguers, a stint with the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers is the penultimate stop before their final ascension to the big league squad–if it ever happens. That’s because the jump from Triple-A to the big leagues is hard, and there are plenty of players who dominate in the minors while struggle in the majors.

Why is MLB harder than Triple-A? How is it harder? To help answer that, I asked four Royals who have had experience playing in both leagues this year–Carter Jensen, Jonat

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