The Royals are in year one of their rebuild, and Royals fans will have to trust that Dayton Moore can bring the Royals back to contention again. I thought it might be useful to see how much progress the Royals have made in their first year compared to some other recent rebuilds. It doesn’t sound like the Royals will take the same path taken by clubs like the Astros and Cubs, who had drawn out rebuilds taking several seasons, but it may be instructive to compare progress made by each club during their first year of rebuilding.
Let’s take a look at the first year of some recent rebuilds.