I like to break the cellar-dwellers of the league into two groups: those who have a plan and those who don’t. In the first group you have teams like the Orioles, long the doormat of the division but with solid infrastructure in place for sustained future success. Then you have a team like the Rockies, who refuse to keep their own stars but also refuse to enter a rebuild... and then hand out a vanity mega deal to a former star who clearly does not fit the team.
The Royals certainly fall into the former category. They have no illusions of being a competitive team this year, or even next year for that matter.