Kansas City Royals rebuild may mean lean seasons ahead

The Kansas City Royals are probably headed towards a rebuild, which could mean that wins will be hard to come by. Royals fans have experience in that department.

Until the 2013 season, the Kansas City Royals weren’t really known as a “winning organization”. In fact, between the 1986-2012, the Royals had just six winning seasons and true Royals fans were hard to come by during that time.

Why am I bringing up those hard times, you ask? Well… The Royals might be going through a similar phase these next few seasons where winning games could be a rare occurrence.

In case you haven’t heard, the Kansas City Royals could be spending these next few seasons rebuilding. It makes sense, as the organization will be losing a lot of key players and don’t have the money to retain the ones that made their team a winner.

The Royals are going to have to lose a lot of games over these next few years in order to start winning again.

Rebuilds don’t excite the fan base, but this one will especially be hard for Royals fans. Royals Nation fell in love with Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar, and everyone else who had a hand in winning this team a World Series in 2015.

Now, instead of Moustakas at third base, it’ll be Cheslor Cuthbert. Instead of Cain in center field, it’ll be Paulo Orlando. Instead of Escobar at shortstop, Raul Mondesi will be starting there. Let’s not even get into what a mess the bullpen will be and what the rotation could look like should the Royals trade Danny Duffy and some other controllable pitchers away.

The Royals are going to have to lose a lot of games over these next few years in order to start winning again. That is going to be a different tune from what fans have been accustom to over these last five years.