The Royals have spent the last three months seemingly in a contest to lose as many games as possible in the widest variety of disappointing ways as possible. It has been a grueling experience, not the least of which because the 2022 Royals roster made no dang sense. The team won 74 games last year, and even if they improved, they weren’t going to make the playoffs or ever truly compete for a playoff spot.
Yet, their Opening Day roster featured five position players over the age of 30, all five of whom were on the team the previous year and didn’t bring them towards competitiveness.