has been the managing editor of Royals Review since 2014.
The Royals made waves last winter by being one of the biggest spenders of the winter, pushing their Opening Day payroll to $115 million, the highest it had been since 2018. While J.J. Picollo says the budget has not been set for next year, he expects owner John Sherman to offer the same kind of payroll flexibility the Royals had last year that allowed management to upgrade the team to improve by 30 wins this year.
The Royals will have nearly $18 million coming off the books now that the contractual obligations for Hunter Dozier and Jordan Lyles are done.