How I assembled the 2022 Shadow Royals

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Danny Duffy (30) walks toward umpires to have his hat and glove inspected in between innings during the game against the Baltimore Orioles at Kauffman Stadium.Every fall after the World Series ends, the top minds from around SB Nation’s MLB baseball sites participate in an offseason simulation. Run by our very own Max Rieper, the annual SB Nation Offseason Simulation throws each team’s general manager into a Slack channel where 30 of us furiously type away messages and search obscure players’ names on Fangraphs.

What makes this simulation special is that real humans operate every part of it in real time. The 30 general…