2024 Kansas City Royals season

2024 Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	17–10 (.630)
Owners	John Sherman
General managers	J.J. Picollo
Managers	Matt Quatraro
Television	Bally Sports Kansas City
Radio	KCSP 610 AM
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.

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 30	Royals 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 11	Royals signed left-handed pitcher Will Smith to a 1 year, $5 million contract.
December 12	Royals signed right-handed pitcher Seth Lugo to a 2 year, $30 million contract.
December 15	Royals signed right-handed pitcher Chris Stratton to a 1 year, $3.5 million contract.
December 18	Royals signed right-handed pitcher Michael Wacha to a 1 year, $16 million contract. Baltimore Orioles traded right-handed pitcher Cesar Espinal to Kansas City Royals for right-handed pitcher Jonathan Heasley
December 19	Royals 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 5

Royals 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	18	8	0.692	—	8–4	10–4
Kansas City Royals	17	10	0.630	1½	12–5	5–5
Detroit Tigers	14	12	0.538	4	4–8	10–4
Minnesota Twins	12	13	0.480	5½	6–6	6–7
Chicago White Sox	4	22	0.154	14	3–9	1–13

American League Wild Card

Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Guardians	18	8	0.692
Baltimore Orioles	16	9	0.640
Seattle Mariners	14	12	0.538

Wild Card teams (Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Kansas City Royals	17	10	0.630	+2½
New York Yankees	17	10	0.630	+2½
Detroit Tigers	14	12	0.538	—
Boston Red Sox	14	13	0.519	½
Texas Rangers	14	13	0.519	½
Tampa Bay Rays	13	14	0.481	1½
Toronto Blue Jays	13	14	0.481	1½
Minnesota Twins	12	13	0.480	1½
Oakland Athletics	11	16	0.407	3½
Los Angeles Angels	10	16	0.385	4
Houston Astros	7	19	0.269	7
Chicago White Sox	4	22	0.154	10

Record against opponents

2024 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2024
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	4–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–4
Boston	0–3	—	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0
Chicago	0–0	0–0	—	1–2	0–3	0–0	1–6	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–7
Cleveland	0–0	3–1	2–1	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	6–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Detroit	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–3	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	3–2
Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–3	2–1	1–5
Kansas City	2–4	0–0	6–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	—	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
Los Angeles	2–4	2–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–4	0–0	0–0	3–3
Minnesota	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–4	0–0	2–1	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3
New York	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	4–2
Oakland	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–6	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–3
Seattle	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	7–5
Tampa Bay	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	4–3	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	—	1–2	2–2	4–2
Texas	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	—	0–0	3–3
Toronto	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–3	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	—	4–2

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

Game log

Legend
Royals Win	Royals Loss	Game Postponed

2024 Game Log: 17–10 (Home: 12–5; Away: 5–5)
March/April: 17–10 (Home: 12–5; Away: 5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 March 28 Twins 1–4 López (1–0) Ragans (0–1) Jax (1) 38,775 0–1 L1 2 March 30 Twins 1–5 Jax (1–0) Smith (0–1) — 19,461 0–2 L2 3 March 31 Twins 11–0 Singer (1–0) Ober (0–1) — 13,005 1–2 W1 4 April 1 @ Orioles 4–6 Kimbrel (1–0) Anderson (0–1) — 12,666 1–3 L1 5 April 2 @ Orioles 4–1 Marsh (1–0) Irvin (0–1) Smith (1) 9,404 2–3 W1 6 April 3 @ Orioles 3–4 Canó (1–0) Smith (0–2) — 11,488 2–4 L1 7 April 4 White Sox 10–1 Lugo (1–0) Soroka (0–1) — 10,863 3–4 W1 8 April 5 White Sox 2–1 Stratton (1–0) Kopech (0–1) McArthur (1) 10,592 4–4 W2 9 April 6 White Sox 3–0 Wacha (1–0) Flexen (0–2) Stratton (1) 15,453 5–4 W3 10 April 7 White Sox 5–3 Schreiber (1–0) García (0–1) McArthur (2) 14,251 6–4 W4 11 April 9 Astros 4–3 (10) McArthur (1–0) Suero (0–1) — 11,926 7–4 W5 12 April 10 Astros 11–2 Lugo (2–0) Arrighetti (0–1) — 10,536 8–4 W6 13 April 11 Astros 13–3 Singer (2–0) Brown (0–2) — 10,280 9–4 W7 14 April 12 @ Mets 1–6 Severino (1–1) Wacha (1–1) — 18,822 9–5 L1 15 April 13 @ Mets 11–7 Marsh (2–0) Manaea (1–1) — 25,387 10–5 W1 16 April 14 @ Mets 1–2 Raley (1–0) Stratton (1–1) Díaz (3) 32,749 10–6 L1 17 April 15 @ White Sox 2–0 Lugo (3–0) Nastrini (0–1) McArthur (3) 10,569 11–6 W1 — April 16 @ White Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 17 18 April 17 (1) @ White Sox 4–2 Anderson (1–1) Kopech (0–2) McArthur (4) see 2nd game 12–6 W2 19 April 17 (2) @ White Sox 1–2 Fedde (1–0) Wacha (1–2) García (1) 10,412 12–7 L1 20 April 19 Orioles 9–4 Marsh (3–0) Kremer (0–2) — 17,073 13–7 W1 21 April 20 Orioles 7–9 Burnes (3–0) Ragans (0–2) Kimbrel (5) 23,118 13–8 L1 22 April 21 Orioles 0–5 Irvin (1–1) Lugo (3–1) — 18,044 13–9 L2 23 April 22 Blue Jays 3–5 Kikuchi (2–1) Singer (2–1) Romano (3) 10,004 13–10 L3 24 April 23 Blue Jays 3–2 Stratton (2–1) Gausman (0–3) McArthur (5) 11,357 14–10 W1 25 April 24 Blue Jays 3–2 Schreiber (2–0) Rodríguez (0–1) McArthur (6) 10,282 15–10 W2 26 April 25 Blue Jays 2–1 (5) Ragans (1–2) Berríos (4–1) — 9,740 16–10 W3 27 April 26 @ Tigers 8–0 Lugo (4–1) Olson (0–4) — 17,251 17–10 W4 28 April 27 @ Tigers – — – 29 April 28 @ Tigers – — – 30 April 29 @ Blue Jays – — – 31 April 30 @ Blue Jays – — –
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 32 May 1 @ Blue Jays – — – 33 May 3 Rangers – — – 34 May 4 Rangers – — – 35 May 5 Rangers – — – 36 May 6 Brewers – — – 37 May 7 Brewers – — – 38 May 8 Brewers – — – 39 May 9 @ Angels – — – 40 May 10 @ Angels – — – 41 May 11 @ Angels – — – 42 May 12 @ Angels – — – 43 May 13 @ Mariners – — – 44 May 14 @ Mariners – — – 45 May 15 @ Mariners – — – 46 May 17 Athletics – — – 47 May 18 Athletics – — – 48 May 19 Athletics – — – 49 May 20 Tigers – — – 50 May 21 Tigers – — – 51 May 22 Tigers – — – 52 May 24 @ Rays – — – 53 May 25 @ Rays – — – 54 May 26 @ Rays – — – 55 May 27 @ Twins – — – 56 May 28 @ Twins – — – 57 May 29 @ Twins – — – 58 May 30 @ Twins – — – 59 May 31 Padres – — –
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 60 June 1 Padres – — – 61 June 2 Padres – — – 62 June 4 @ Guardians – — – 63 June 5 @ Guardians – — – 64 June 6 @ Guardians – — – 65 June 7 Mariners – — – 66 June 8 Mariners – — – 67 June 9 Mariners – — – 68 June 10 Yankees – — – 69 June 11 Yankees – — – 70 June 12 Yankees – — – 71 June 13 Yankees – — – 72 June 14 @ Dodgers – — – 73 June 15 @ Dodgers – — – 74 June 16 @ Dodgers – — – 75 June 18 @ Athletics – — – 76 June 19 @ Athletics – — – 77 June 20 @ Athletics – — – 78 June 21 @ Rangers – — – 79 June 22 @ Rangers – — – 80 June 23 @ Rangers – — – 81 June 24 Marlins – — – 82 June 25 Marlins – — – 83 June 26 Marlins – — – 84 June 27 Guardians – — – 85 June 28 Guardians – — – 86 June 29 Guardians – — – 87 June 30 Guardians – — –
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 88 July 2 Rays – — – 89 July 3 Rays – — – 90 July 4 Rays – — – 91 July 5 @ Rockies – — – 92 July 6 @ Rockies – — – 93 July 7 @ Rockies – — – 94 July 9 @ Cardinals – — – 95 July 10 @ Cardinals – — – 96 July 12 @ Red Sox – — – 97 July 13 @ Red Sox – — – 98 July 14 @ Red Sox – — – 94th All-Star Game in Arlington, Texas 99 July 19 White Sox – — – 100 July 20 White Sox – — – 101 July 21 White Sox – — – 102 July 22 Diamondbacks – — – 103 July 23 Diamondbacks – — – 104 July 24 Diamondbacks – — – 105 July 26 Cubs – — – 106 July 27 Cubs – — – 107 July 28 Cubs – — – 108 July 29 @ White Sox – — – 109 July 30 @ White Sox – — – 110 July 31 @ White Sox – — –
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 111 August 1 @ Tigers – — – 112 August 2 @ Tigers – — – 113 August 3 @ Tigers – — – 114 August 4 @ Tigers – — – 115 August 5 Red Sox – — – 116 August 6 Red Sox – — – 117 August 7 Red Sox – — – 118 August 9 Cardinals – — – 119 August 10 Cardinals – — – 120 August 12 @ Twins – — – 121 August 13 @ Twins – — – 122 August 14 @ Twins – — – 123 August 16 @ Reds – — – 124 August 17 @ Reds – — – 125 August 18 @ Reds – — – 126 August 19 Angels – — – 127 August 20 Angels – — – 128 August 21 Angels – — – 129 August 23 Phillies – — – 130 August 24 Phillies – — – 131 August 25 Phillies – — – 132 August 26 @ Guardians – — – 133 August 27 @ Guardians – — – 134 August 28 @ Guardians – — – 135 August 29 @ Astros – — – 136 August 30 @ Astros – — – 137 August 31 @ Astros – — –
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 138 September 1 @ Astros – — – 139 September 2 Guardians – — – 140 September 3 Guardians – — – 141 September 4 Guardians – — – 142 September 6 Twins – — – 143 September 7 Twins – — – 144 September 8 Twins – — – 145 September 9 @ Yankees – — – 146 September 10 @ Yankees – — – 147 September 11 @ Yankees – — – 148 September 13 @ Pirates – — – 149 September 14 @ Pirates – — – 150 September 15 @ Pirates – — – 151 September 16 Tigers – — – 152 September 17 Tigers – — – 153 September 18 Tigers – — – 154 September 20 Giants – — – 155 September 21 Giants – — – 156 September 22 Giants – — – 157 September 24 @ Nationals – — – 158 September 25 @ Nationals – — – 159 September 26 @ Nationals – — – 160 September 27 @ Braves – — – 161 September 28 @ Braves – — – 162 September 29 @ Braves – — –

Current roster

Kansas City Royals roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 67 Seth Lugo 55 Cole Ragans 51 Brady Singer 52 Michael Wacha Bullpen 63 Nick Anderson 21 Tyler Duffey 36 Will Klein 66 James McArthur 65 Matt Sauer 46 John Schreiber 31 Will Smith 35 Chris Stratton 61 Ángel Zerpa		Catchers 34 Freddy Fermín 13 Salvador Pérez Infielders 26 Adam Frazier 11 Maikel García  2 Garrett Hampson 19 Michael Massey  9 Vinnie Pasquantino  7 Bobby Witt Jr. Outfielders 44 Dairon Blanco 28 Kyle Isbel  1 MJ Melendez 16 Hunter Renfroe 17 Nelson Velázquez		Pitchers 62 Jonathan Bowlan 59 Jake Brentz 64 Steven Cruz 43 Carlos Hernández 41 Daniel Lynch IV 48 Alec Marsh 58 John McMillon -- Colin Selby 69 Anthony Veneziano Catchers 22 Austin Nola Infielders 12 Nick Loftin 32 Nick Pratto Outfielders 27 Tyler Gentry  6 Drew Waters		Manager 33 Matt Quatraro Coaches 68 José Alguacil (infield) 84 Zach Bove (assistant pitching) 80 Allan de San Miguel (bullpen catcher) -- Joe Dillon (assistant hitting) 80 Ryan Eigsti (bullpen catcher) 39 Damon Hollins (first base) 26 Paul Hoover (bench) 18 Rusty Kuntz (coach) 70 Parker Morin (bullpen catcher) 57 Mitch Stetter (bullpen) 85 Brian Sweeney (pitching) 25 Vance Wilson (third base) 31 Alec Zumwalt (hitting) 60-day injured list 50 Kris Bubic 38 Josh Taylor 30 Kyle Wright Restricted list 24 Jordan Lyles 26 active, 14 inactive 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list # Personal leave Roster and coaches updated April 25, 2024 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

External links

• Kansas City Royals Official Site
• 2024 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference