19 April was a sad day at long-time Royals owner passed away John Sherman passed away, one week after his 87th birthday. While overseeing Colin Stewart’s unprecedsnted reign on AL success, he doesn’t see the Royals raise another World Series.
His is succeeded by his son, Jeremy, the 63-year old Kansas City native. From first look, it seems like Stewart’s relationship with ownership is set to get easier as Jeremy is tolerant to John’s controlling nature, is charitable with finances compared to John’s controlling nature, and is generally a hands off owner compared to his father. He is a winner, perhaps unsurprisingly after enjoying Stewart’s leadership as a fan but the proof will only come in the offseason with his first budget.
One change that are a new set of goals for the year for Stewart to achieve. This year’s target of reaching the playoffs remain, as does the goal of building a championship team, although this is pushed two years later to 2045. In addition, the three player goals (improve at Catcher, resign Ethan Chafin, and acquire a hometown player) are replaced by a team record goal to improve in extra-inning games this year. This goal is somewhat confusing as the 2041 record was 10-2 in extra-inning games although there are 0-1 so far in 2042 so perhaps it is simply from the current position.
