Anytime a team endures back-to-back 100-game losing seasons, it becomes numb to disappointment. There are waves of written pieces expecting more heartbreak within the next few seasons before the Royals get a taste of success. It’s like a tortured prisoner expecting more pain before being freed, while having the means and tools to escape, but missing the will to accomplish it.
A lot has happened and fallen into place that can give us all renewed hope that the team is on the cusp of finding their stride in the American League Central. This new decade should promise sustained success, and the most pessimists among us recognize that it’s coming, we just don’t know when.