The curtain came down on the Kansas City Royals’ season with a loss on the road to the AL Central Division champion Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday afternoon.
The loss sends the Royals into the offseason with a sour taste in their mouths and uncertainty looming in light of a recent major change atop the baseball operations department: the firing of president Dayton Moore and ascension of general manager J.J. Picollo to his new post as the organization’s top decision-maker for baseball matters.
The Royals’ pitching will undoubtedly be a focus of the offseason in one manner or another — free agency, the trade market and player development could all be factors. And the 2022 season came to an end with another young pitcher taking his lumps.
