There’s going to be baseball played in 2020. Okay, there’s still that pesky virus hanging around that might derail everything, but let’s assume they figure out how to play around that. There’s going to be baseball. After some ugly, very public negotiations, the players turning down the owners final offer led to Rob Manfred and the owners to implement a 60-game season that should start around July 24. As of right now, that season will include a universal DH (but not one in 2021) but will not include expanded playoffs. So now that we know about what kind of baseball can be played, we can get back to talking about the actual baseball elements for the Royals, and there are plenty of factors at play here.
What the return of baseball means for the Royals
