On Tuesday, I asked Twitter users (not all of them) a simple question: “(as of) right now, how many games do you think the 2019 Royals win?” 2,000 responses later, these were the results:
Overwhelmingly respondents thought that 70ish wins (whatever that means to them) was their baseline. I’ll say, based on how I’d interpret 70ish, that those voters see next years team winning somewhere between 68-72 games. Better than 100 losses, but well outside of contention.
Far fewer respondents thought next years team will be as bad as this years team has been, seeing 2019 come with the baggage of probably another 100 loss season or close to it.