As the 2018 season is coming to an end, looking at the lineup the Kansas City Royals are using every night is a sign of the future. However, when you look at this team, it doesn’t seem all that long ago that we were celebrating the Royals success during the regular season as they were running away with the American League Central and having the best record in the American League.
In fact, after three short years, the Royals lineup is merely a shell of itself. In fact, 80% of the Royals 25-man roster that won the World Series against the New York Mets is somewhere other than Kansas City.