2024 Kansas City Royals season

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2024  Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals Insignia.svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record17–12 (.586)
Owners John Sherman
General managers J.J. Picollo
Managers Matt Quatraro
Television Bally Sports Kansas City
Radio KCSP 610 AM
←  2023 Seasons

The 2024 Kansas City Royals season is the 56th season for the franchise, and their 52nd at Kauffman Stadium. It is also the team's second season under the management of Matt Quatraro.

Contents

Offseason

The Royals in 2023 finished 56–106, worse than their 65–97 record in 2022.

Transactions

November 2023

November 17 Atlanta Braves traded right-handed pitcher Nick Anderson to Kansas City Royals for cash considerations.
November 30Royals signed infielder/outfielder Garrett Hampson to a 1 year, $2 million contract.

December 2023

December 6 Houston Astros traded right-handed pitcher Carlos Mateo to Kansas City Royals for right-handed pitcher Dylan Coleman.
December 11Royals signed left-handed pitcher Will Smith to a 1 year, $5 million contract. [1]
December 12Royals signed right-handed pitcher Seth Lugo to a 2 year, $30 million contract. [2]
December 15Royals signed right-handed pitcher Chris Stratton to a 1 year, $3.5 million contract. [3]
December 18Royals signed right-handed pitcher Michael Wacha to a 1 year, $16 million contract. [2]
Baltimore Orioles traded right-handed pitcher Cesar Espinal to Kansas City Royals for right-handed pitcher Jonathan Heasley
December 19Royals signed outfielder Hunter Renfroe to a 1 year contract.

January 2024

January 30 Seattle Mariners traded a player to be named later or cash to Kansas City Royals for infielder/outfielder Samad Taylor

February 2024

February 5Royals signed shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to a 11 year, $288.7 million contract extension

Regular season

American League Central

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Guardians 1990.679—8–411–5
Kansas City Royals 17120.5862½12–55–7
Detroit Tigers 16120.57136–810–4
Minnesota Twins 13130.50056–67–7
Chicago White Sox 6220.214135–91–13

American League Wild Card

Division leaders		 W L Pct.
Cleveland Guardians 1980.704
Baltimore Orioles 1790.654
Seattle Mariners 15120.556
Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 18100.643+2½
Kansas City Royals 17110.607+1½
Detroit Tigers 15120.556—
Boston Red Sox 15130.536½
Texas Rangers 14140.5001½
Minnesota Twins 13130.5001½
Tampa Bay Rays 13150.4642½
Toronto Blue Jays 13150.4642½
Oakland Athletics 11170.3934½
Los Angeles Angels 10170.3705
Houston Astros 8190.2967
Chicago White Sox 5220.18510

Record against opponents

2024 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2024

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore —3–00–00–00–00–04–24–23–00–00–00–00–00–00–02–4
Boston 0–3—0–01–30–00–00–04–20–00–03–02–20–00–00–03–0
Chicago 0–00–0—1–20–30–01–60–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–7
Cleveland 0–03–12–1—0–00–00–00–02–01–26–12–10–00–00–00–0
Detroit 0–00–03–00–0—0–00–00–04–30–01–20–01–01–30–03–2
Houston 0–00–00–00–00–0—0–30–00–00–40–00–00–04–32–11–5
Kansas City 2–40–06–10–00–03–0—0–01–20–00–00–00–00–00–01–2
Los Angeles 2–42–40–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–03–40–00–03–3
Minnesota 0–30–00–00–23–40–02–10–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–02–3
New York 0–00–00–02–10–04–00–00–00–0—0–10–02–10–03–34–2
Oakland 0–00–30–01–62–10–00–00–00–01–0—0–00–02–10–03–3
Seattle 0–02–20–01–20–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–01–27–5
Tampa Bay 0–00–00–00–00–10–00–04–30–01–20–00–0—1–22–24–2
Texas 0–00–00–00–03–13–40–00–00–00–01–20–02–1—0–03–3
Toronto 0–00–00–00–00–01–20–00–00–03–30–02–12–20–0—4–2

Updated with the results of all games through April 21, 2024.

Game log

Legend
Royals WinRoyals LossGame Postponed
2024 Game Log: 17–12 (Home: 12–5; Away: 5–7)
March/April: 17–12 (Home: 12–5; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 28 Twins 1–4 López (1–0) Ragans (0–1) Jax (1)38,7750–1L1
2March 30 Twins 1–5 Jax (1–0) Smith (0–1)—19,4610–2L2
3March 31 Twins 11–0 Singer (1–0) Ober (0–1)—13,0051–2W1
4April 1@ Orioles 4–6 Kimbrel (1–0) Anderson (0–1)—12,6661–3L1
5April 2@ Orioles 4–1 Marsh (1–0) Irvin (0–1) Smith (1)9,4042–3W1
6April 3@ Orioles 3–4 Canó (1–0) Smith (0–2)—11,4882–4L1
7April 4 White Sox 10–1 Lugo (1–0) Soroka (0–1)—10,8633–4W1
8April 5 White Sox 2–1 Stratton (1–0) Kopech (0–1) McArthur (1)10,5924–4W2
9April 6 White Sox 3–0 Wacha (1–0) Flexen (0–2) Stratton (1)15,4535–4W3
10April 7 White Sox 5–3 Schreiber (1–0) García (0–1) McArthur (2)14,2516–4W4
11April 9 Astros 4–3 (10) McArthur (1–0) Suero (0–1)—11,9267–4W5
12April 10 Astros 11–2 Lugo (2–0) Arrighetti (0–1)—10,5368–4W6
13April 11 Astros 13–3 Singer (2–0) Brown (0–2)—10,2809–4W7
14April 12@ Mets 1–6 Severino (1–1) Wacha (1–1)—18,8229–5L1
15April 13@ Mets 11–7 Marsh (2–0) Manaea (1–1)—25,38710–5W1
16April 14@ Mets 1–2 Raley (1–0) Stratton (1–1) Díaz (3)32,74910–6L1
17April 15@ White Sox 2–0 Lugo (3–0) Nastrini (0–1) McArthur (3)10,56911–6W1
—April 16@ White Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 17
18April 17 (1)@ White Sox 4–2 Anderson (1–1) Kopech (0–2) McArthur (4)see 2nd game12–6W2
19April 17 (2)@ White Sox 1–2 Fedde (1–0) Wacha (1–2) García (1)10,41212–7L1
20April 19 Orioles 9–4 Marsh (3–0) Kremer (0–2)—17,07313–7W1
21April 20 Orioles 7–9 Burnes (3–0) Ragans (0–2) Kimbrel (5)23,11813–8L1
22April 21 Orioles 0–5 Irvin (1–1) Lugo (3–1)—18,04413–9L2
23April 22 Blue Jays 3–5 Kikuchi (2–1) Singer (2–1) Romano (3)10,00413–10L3
24April 23 Blue Jays 3–2 Stratton (2–1) Gausman (0–3) McArthur (5)11,35714–10W1
25April 24 Blue Jays 3–2 Schreiber (2–0) Rodríguez (0–1) McArthur (6)10,28215–10W2
26April 25 Blue Jays 2–1 (5) Ragans (1–2) Berríos (4–1)—9,74016–10W3
27April 26@ Tigers 8–0 Lugo (4–1) Olson (0–4)—17,25117–10W4
28April 27@ Tigers 5–6 Faedo (2–1) Stratton (2–2) Foley (8)22,73417–11L1
29April 28@ Tigers 1–4 Skubal (4–0) Wacha (1–3) Foley (9)18,79417–12L2
30April 29@ Blue Jays –—–
31April 30@ Blue Jays –—–
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
32May 1@ Blue Jays –—–
33May 3 Rangers –—–
34May 4 Rangers –—–
35May 5 Rangers –—–
36May 6 Brewers –—–
37May 7 Brewers –—–
38May 8 Brewers –—–
39May 9@ Angels –—–
40May 10@ Angels –—–
41May 11@ Angels –—–
42May 12@ Angels –—–
43May 13@ Mariners –—–
44May 14@ Mariners –—–
45May 15@ Mariners –—–
46May 17 Athletics –—–
47May 18 Athletics –—–
48May 19 Athletics –—–
49May 20 Tigers –—–
50May 21 Tigers –—–
51May 22 Tigers –—–
52May 24@ Rays –—–
53May 25@ Rays –—–
54May 26@ Rays –—–
55May 27@ Twins –—–
56May 28@ Twins –—–
57May 29@ Twins –—–
58May 30@ Twins –—–
59May 31 Padres –—–
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
60June 1 Padres –—–
61June 2 Padres –—–
62June 4@ Guardians –—–
63June 5@ Guardians –—–
64June 6@ Guardians –—–
65June 7 Mariners –—–
66June 8 Mariners –—–
67June 9 Mariners –—–
68June 10 Yankees –—–
69June 11 Yankees –—–
70June 12 Yankees –—–
71June 13 Yankees –—–
72June 14@ Dodgers –—–
73June 15@ Dodgers –—–
74June 16@ Dodgers –—–
75June 18@ Athletics –—–
76June 19@ Athletics –—–
77June 20@ Athletics –—–
78June 21@ Rangers –—–
79June 22@ Rangers –—–
80June 23@ Rangers –—–
81June 24 Marlins –—–
82June 25 Marlins –—–
83June 26 Marlins –—–
84June 27 Guardians –—–
85June 28 Guardians –—–
86June 29 Guardians –—–
87June 30 Guardians –—–
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
88July 2 Rays –—–
89July 3 Rays –—–
90July 4 Rays –—–
91July 5@ Rockies –—–
92July 6@ Rockies –—–
93July 7@ Rockies –—–
94July 9@ Cardinals –—–
95July 10@ Cardinals –—–
96July 12@ Red Sox –—–
97July 13@ Red Sox –—–
98July 14@ Red Sox –—–
94th All-Star Game in Arlington, Texas
99July 19 White Sox –—–
100July 20 White Sox –—–
101July 21 White Sox –—–
102July 22 Diamondbacks –—–
103July 23 Diamondbacks –—–
104July 24 Diamondbacks –—–
105July 26 Cubs –—–
106July 27 Cubs –—–
107July 28 Cubs –—–
108July 29@ White Sox –—–
109July 30@ White Sox –—–
110July 31@ White Sox –—–
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
111August 1@ Tigers –—–
112August 2@ Tigers –—–
113August 3@ Tigers –—–
114August 4@ Tigers –—–
115August 5 Red Sox –—–
116August 6 Red Sox –—–
117August 7 Red Sox –—–
118August 9 Cardinals –—–
119August 10 Cardinals –—–
120August 12@ Twins –—–
121August 13@ Twins –—–
122August 14@ Twins –—–
123August 16@ Reds –—–
124August 17@ Reds –—–
125August 18@ Reds –—–
126August 19 Angels –—–
127August 20 Angels –—–
128August 21 Angels –—–
129August 23 Phillies –—–
130August 24 Phillies –—–
131August 25 Phillies –—–
132August 26@ Guardians –—–
133August 27@ Guardians –—–
134August 28@ Guardians –—–
135August 29@ Astros –—–
136August 30@ Astros –—–
137August 31@ Astros –—–
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
138September 1@ Astros –—–
139September 2 Guardians –—–
140September 3 Guardians –—–
141September 4 Guardians –—–
142September 6 Twins –—–
143September 7 Twins –—–
144September 8 Twins –—–
145September 9@ Yankees –—–
146September 10@ Yankees –—–
147September 11@ Yankees –—–
148September 13@ Pirates –—–
149September 14@ Pirates –—–
150September 15@ Pirates –—–
151September 16 Tigers –—–
152September 17 Tigers –—–
153September 18 Tigers –—–
154September 20 Giants –—–
155September 21 Giants –—–
156September 22 Giants –—–
157September 24@ Nationals –—–
158September 25@ Nationals –—–
159September 26@ Nationals –—–
160September 27@ Braves –—–
161September 28@ Braves –—–
162September 29@ Braves –—–

Current roster

Kansas City Royals roster
Active rosterInactive rosterCoaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen


Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Manager

Coaches

60-day injured list

Restricted list

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers International League
Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals Texas League
High-A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League
Single-A Columbia Fireflies Carolina League
Rookie ACL Royals Blue Arizona Complex League
Rookie ACL Royals Gold Arizona Complex League
Rookie DSL Royals Dominican Summer League

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Royals make waves by spending big on big names". MLB.com . December 19, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Royals continue busy offseason, sign Stratton to one-year deal". MLB.com . December 15, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
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