GM expects to have a similar budget [Video]

Royals general manager J.J. Picollo expects to have a similar budget as last year to plug the holes in a team that reached the AL Division Series this year, though his shopping list heading into the offseason figures to be a whole lot shorter.Picollo said Monday that the Royals would look for someone to get on base at the top of the lineup and someone to provide more offensive punch in the middle of the order. Their inability to get on base, and drive in runs, cost them dearly down the stretch, particularly in a four-game loss to the Yankees in their best-of-five divisional series.“There’s less questions to answer,” Picollo acknowledged. “Two years ago, we were looking at manager, pitching coach, all those things. Last year, there were a lot of holes. This year we had less holes. Now, it’s about how do we refine this team?”That can be just …