The most important moment for the 2017 Royals will happen soon. Key members of their leadership team will gather in a conference room on the fifth floor of Kauffman Stadium to push and pull over the future of a rejuvenated baseball franchise that once again finds itself at a critical crossroads.
Men who dedicate their lives to this sport, who obsess over the tiniest details of a stranger’s swing or pitching mechanics, will need to reconcile those evaluations with the budget allowed by their boss — a billionaire businessman stinging from what sources say will be a 2016 operating loss of at least $10 million.