You would be forgiven for admitting that you haven’t thought about the Royals much lately. After nearly 30 years of no playoff baseball, Kansas City finally made it back in 2014 and won the World Series the following year. However, they fell back to .500 the next year and haven’t cracked that mark again in the years since.
Going into 2023, is there any reason to think things will go differently, or are the Royals destined to finish in the fourth/fifth range in the AL Central once again?
Kansas City Brewers
2022 Record: 65-97 (5th in AL Central)
2023 FanGraphs Projection: 65-97 (4th in AL Central)
The most notable change for KC is that they have a new manager and a slightly new front office in charge of things.