MLB realignment raises the question of who is the Royals’ biggest rival?

With talk of expansion and realignment heating up, I took a look last week at what that could mean for the Kansas City Royals in the years ahead. Expansion and realignment could mean a very different looking division for the Royals. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has talked about realignmeent in terms of geography to reduce travel and create better TV times, but I think the league will also consider rivalries.

Which team is the Royals’ main rival? And will the Royals be matched in a division with that team once realignment hits?

Before I get to that, I’d be remiss not to share with all of you a post I found. It’s about, of course, realignment, which seems to have pundits in a tizzy. Some of them are going about it smartly. Some of them are going it about it…well, the opposite of smartly.