Spring training is here, and as always, hope springs eternal. This is the time of year a person can look at their team, put on their rose-tinted (Royal blue tinted) sunglasses and think “this is the year... this is the team.”
But let’s be honest, the Royals aren’t going to contend. Vegas has the over/under at 65 wins, which seems pretty reasonable. I put them anywhere from 90 losses to 110 losses, depending on how things break.
But there is hope. Not in the Royals making it back to contention, but hope that the season can go well and, when combined with the fact that currently the Royals are projected to have a payroll of around $80 million in 2021 (including arbitration for ten players), that the 2021 team could be significantly better.