Baseball is back, but it didn’t come without a cost. While we might get a truncated 2020 season, the fractured relationship between the players and owners won’t be easily mended and we are likely in for another labor dispute in 2021.
The long-term effects of the conflict could be severe, but what could also be damaging is a potentially lost season of minor league baseball. Hundreds of players have lost their jobs while many others have lost a season of development.
This is true of every team, of course. But the Royals are a unique example.