SignOnSanDiego.com · Feb 23, 2020
Progress report: Kansas City Royals
(ASSOCIATED PRESS) Kansas City Royals manager Mike Matheny, right, talks to catcher Salvador Perez during spring training baseball practice Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)KANSAS CITY ROYALS
2019 finish: 59-103, 4th in AL Central
Manager: Mike Matheny (first season)
Top baseball ops executive: Dayton Moore, executive vice president of baseball operations and general manager (15th season)
DOLLARS AND SENSE
Highest-paid player: RHP Ian Kennedy ($16.5 million in 2020)
Top returning position player: OF Jorge Soler (3.6 WAR in 2019, fangraphs.com)
Top returning starting pitcher: RHP Brad Keller (2.2 WAR in 2019)
Top returning reliever: RHP Ian Kennedy (1.5 WAR in 2019)