The wonderful Dan Szymborski has released his ZIPS projections for the 2020 Royals on a day where everyone in town is thinking about nothing but Royals baseball. The projection system doesn’t have the Royals anywhere near competing, but if you squint your eyes and look at the bright side of life, you can see some optimistic results for the starting pitching staff.
The Royals are projected to field four starting pitchers (Brad Keller, Jakob Junis, Danny Duffy, and Mike Montgomery) worth 1.5 WAR or more, which isn’t great, but it is a much more stable pitching staff than they’ve had the last few seasons.