KC Royals Midweek Musings: Shutdown odds and ends

As the baseball shutdown continues, this edition of KC Royals Midweek Musings considers some draft implications, business issues and other matters.

Some KC Royals Midweek Musings while hoping Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association are discussing issues immediately affecting the game and the matters they need to tackle before the current collective bargaining agreement expires in December 2021:

To draft or not to draft? Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association (the players’ union) have reportedly negotiated the answer to that question–the annual amateur draft, usually held in early June, will most likely occur in July.…