If you add 50-70 million to the payroll, which would put you in the middle of the pack, you might increase attendance by a million. That assumes you spend wisely, but sometimes you have to spend money to make money.
Who would have thought Cleveland, KC, and Detroit would comprise half of the 2024 AL playoff participants? BTW, the Tigers finished 20-12 against the AL East. Been a while.
I also hope this puts to the rest the whole idea that we know anything definitely by Memorial Day. Sparky's 40 game mantra was always a bunch of baloney, but it gets repeated every year around that time.
I read an article by a KC writer earlier this year. The gist: Witt is the first Royal to post an OPS+ above 140 since the George Brett era. That is more than 3 decades. Astounding.