Welcome to 2025, Royals fans, the first time since—what?—2016 that there are high expectations for our beloved franchise. That’s the blessing and curse of winning baseball: itt leads you to believe that more winning baseball is on the horizon.
And it very well might be true.
Then again, baseball, like life, isn’t linear. There are ups and downs and zags and zigs and cuts and valleys and peaks and all other sorts of shenanigans between Opening Day and September 28. The Royals could start out hot (or cold), get cold (or hot), battle for the postseason all year long, reach the playoffs or miss the playoffs.