The Royals will soon have new ownership with local businessman John Sherman agreeing to buy the club for $1 billion from David Glass. I want to examine what I think are the potential best case scenarios under new ownership for 2020, and in future articles, the worst-case scenario for both 2020 and moving forward, and then my actual guess as to what will actually happen. So, let’s do the fun one first - what is the best case scenario? I’ll preface this by saying this is best-case for 2020, perhaps not long-term.
I want to start this out by saying it’s hard to imagine the Royals contending in 2020.