Just about this time every offseason is the same for Kansas City Royals fans. The likes of Ken Rosenthal and Jeff Passan furiously report new free agent signings: Aaron Judge on a nine-year deal to the Yankees! Jacob DeGrom on a five-year deal to the Rangers! Trea Turner on an 11-year deal to the Phillies! Zach Elfin on a three-year deal to the Rays! Meanwhile, the Royals just...exist. They left the Winter Meetings with the same 40-man roster they entered with, which is frankly quite a feat.
Fans have been notably unhappy about this, and the sheer difference in social media activity between the Royals and other active teams is pretty funny, as Max Rieper noted when he joked about it on our Royals Review Twitter account.