For a dozen years, Royals Review hosted the annual SB Nation MLB Offseason Simulation, where 30 writers from the 30 team sites would get together digitally over the course of a weekend and, well, simulate the offseason. For five of those years, I ran the Royals, fake trading and signing free agents like a madman.
This year, the simulation is on hiatus. Maybe that’s a good thing; my fake offseason last year was a hot dumpster fire. But in some ways, that makes it easier, as I can make deals all I want in my head without bidding against a real person.