Kansas City Royals: How will AL Central fare in early 2020s?

Outlook

• The Minnesota Twins should repeat as champions of the AL Central in 2020 with a strong push by the Chicago White Sox in the second half of the season.
• If the Chicago White Sox get consistent performances out of their young pitching, they will be the leaders of the AL Central from 2021 to 2024 with chances to contend for a World Series title in 2022 and 2023.
• The Cleveland Indians may go into full rebuild for the first half of the new decade and have the prospect talent to consistently finished third in the division.
• The Kansas City Royals should steadily improve each season with significantly more competitive rosters in 2022 and 2023, with the chance to contend for the AL Central title in 2024.
• The Detroit Tigers will continue their rebuilding efforts for much of the early part of the new decade and they should have a competitive pitching staff by 2023, but they may not have the positional talent to compete for any division titles until the second half of the decade begins.

The success that the Royals and Tigers have in the development of their 2019, 2020, and 2021 draft picks will tell us the story of their MLB contention in the AL Central.