KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The next Kansas City Royals manager will inherit Mike Matheny’s job title, his office and even a large chunk of his coaching staff. Yet the situation the next skipper steps into will be vastly different, almost as if the same job appeared in an alternate reality.
Not only will the front office feature new leadership for the first time in 16 years with J.J. Picollo now firmly in charge of the organization, but the shifts in dynamics are more far-reaching.
The major-league roster, the organizational depth and the relative level of expectation all put the job in a different light than where it sat following the 2019 season.
