Even as an evaluation year, 2023 has been pretty dang rough for Royals fans. For that reason, it wasn’t particularly surprising that many of you found last week’s roster prediction to be...underwhelming. And sure, if the Royals return all the players that were indicated as likely to return without signing some premier free agents, 2024 will probably be another very long, not-very-fun summer.
If the Royals are looking at this team and thinking they have a core nucleus for the next playoff roster, they are mistaken. There’s no two ways about it. However, just because that is true does not mean that all of their players should be out seeking new day jobs.