2024 Kansas City Royals season

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.

2024 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record46–38 (.548)
OwnersJohn Sherman
General managersJ.J. Picollo
ManagersMatt Quatraro
TelevisionBally Sports Kansas City
RadioKCSP 610 AM
Seasons

Offseason

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

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.[1]
December 12 Royals signed right-handed pitcher Seth Lugo to a 2 year, $30 million contract.[2]
December 15 Royals signed right-handed pitcher Chris Stratton to a 1 year, $3.5 million contract.[3]
December 18 Royals 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 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 5129 0.637 — 26–9 25–20
Minnesota Twins 4537 0.549 7 23–17 22–20
Kansas City Royals 4638 0.548 7 29–15 17–23
Detroit Tigers 3745 0.451 15 19–22 18–23
Chicago White Sox 2361 0.274 30 15–28 8–33

American League Wild Card
Division leaders W L Pct.
Cleveland Guardians 5129 0.637
Baltimore Orioles 5230 0.634
Seattle Mariners 4737 0.560
Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 5331 0.631 +7
Minnesota Twins 4537 0.549 —
Kansas City Royals 4638 0.548 —
Boston Red Sox 4338 0.531 1½
Tampa Bay Rays 4141 0.500 4
Houston Astros 4041 0.494 4½
Toronto Blue Jays 3744 0.457 7½
Detroit Tigers 3745 0.451 8
Texas Rangers 3745 0.451 8
Los Angeles Angels 3546 0.432 9½
Oakland Athletics 3054 0.357 16
Chicago White Sox 2361 0.274 23

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 —5–14–00–10–00–24–24–23–05–21–22–16–10–03–312–11
Boston 1–5—2–22–52–20–00–04–21–22–13–02–24–30–03–015–12
Chicago 0–42–2—4–31–41–21–60–00–70–30–01–34–20–01–56–16
Cleveland 1–05–23–4—2–11–21–15–15–01–26–14–20–02–14–210–7
Detroit 0–02–24–11–2—2–42–40–04–30–31–20–02–13–43–111–14
Houston 2–00–02–12–14–2—0–33–31–21–66–12–50–04–32–18–12
Kansas City 2–40–06–11–14–23–0—3–12–51–34–23–32–11–45–25–7
Los Angeles 2–42–40–01–50–03–31–3—0–31–20–00–33–42–10–016–13
Minnesota 0–32–17–00–53–42–15–23–0—0–65–13–11–22–12–17–7
New York 2–51–23–02–13–06–13–12–16–0—2–22–24–20–03–313–7
Oakland 2–10–30–01–62–11–62–40–01–52–2—2–41–23–41–211–10
Seattle 1–22–23–12–40–05–23–33–01–32–24–2—0–05–11–213–10
Tampa Bay 1–63–42–40–01–20–01–24–32–12–42–10–0—1–24–314–8
Texas 0–00–00–01–24–33–44–11–21–20–04–31–52–1—0–015–17
Toronto 3–30–35–12–21–31–22–50–01–23–32–12–13–40–0—10–10

Updated with the results of all games through June 17, 2024.

Game log
Legend
Royals Win Royals Loss Game Postponed
2024 Game Log: 46–38 (Home: 29–15; Away: 17–23)
March/April: 18–13 (Home: 12–5; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 28Twins1–4López (1–0)Ragans (0–1)Jax (1)38,7750–1L1
2March 30Twins1–5Jax (1–0)Smith (0–1)—19,4610–2L2
3March 31Twins11–0Singer (1–0)Ober (0–1)—13,0051–2W1
4April 1@ Orioles4–6Kimbrel (1–0)Anderson (0–1)—12,6661–3L1
5April 2@ Orioles4–1Marsh (1–0)Irvin (0–1)Smith (1)9,4042–3W1
6April 3@ Orioles3–4Canó (1–0)Smith (0–2)—11,4882–4L1
7April 4White Sox10–1Lugo (1–0)Soroka (0–1)—10,8633–4W1
8April 5White Sox2–1Stratton (1–0)Kopech (0–1)McArthur (1)10,5924–4W2
9April 6White Sox3–0Wacha (1–0)Flexen (0–2)Stratton (1)15,4535–4W3
10April 7White Sox5–3Schreiber (1–0)García (0–1)McArthur (2)14,2516–4W4
11April 9Astros4–3 (10)McArthur (1–0)Suero (0–1)—11,9267–4W5
12April 10Astros11–2Lugo (2–0)Arrighetti (0–1)—10,5368–4W6
13April 11Astros13–3Singer (2–0)Brown (0–2)—10,2809–4W7
14April 12@ Mets1–6Severino (1–1)Wacha (1–1)—18,8229–5L1
15April 13@ Mets11–7Marsh (2–0)Manaea (1–1)—25,38710–5W1
16April 14@ Mets1–2Raley (1–0)Stratton (1–1)Díaz (3)32,74910–6L1
17April 15@ White Sox2–0Lugo (3–0)Nastrini (0–1)McArthur (3)10,56911–6W1
—April 16@ White SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: April 17
18April 17 (1)@ White Sox4–2Anderson (1–1)Kopech (0–2)McArthur (4)see 2nd game12–6W2
19April 17 (2)@ White Sox1–2Fedde (1–0)Wacha (1–2)García (1)10,41212–7L1
20April 19Orioles9–4Marsh (3–0)Kremer (0–2)—17,07313–7W1
21April 20Orioles7–9Burnes (3–0)Ragans (0–2)Kimbrel (5)23,11813–8L1
22April 21Orioles0–5Irvin (1–1)Lugo (3–1)—18,04413–9L2
23April 22Blue Jays3–5Kikuchi (2–1)Singer (2–1)Romano (3)10,00413–10L3
24April 23Blue Jays3–2Stratton (2–1)Gausman (0–3)McArthur (5)11,35714–10W1
25April 24Blue Jays3–2Schreiber (2–0)Rodríguez (0–1)McArthur (6)10,28215–10W2
26April 25Blue Jays2–1 (5)Ragans (1–2)Berríos (4–1)—9,74016–10W3
27April 26@ Tigers8–0Lugo (4–1)Olson (0–4)—17,25117–10W4
28April 27@ Tigers5–6Faedo (2–1)Stratton (2–2)Foley (8)22,73417–11L1
29April 28@ Tigers1–4Skubal (4–0)Wacha (1–3)Foley (9)18,79417–12L2
30April 29@ Blue Jays5–6Cabrera (1–0)Bowlan (0–1)Pearson (1)29,87917–13L3
31April 30@ Blue Jays4–1Ragans (2–2)Berríos (4–2)McArthur (7)27,18918–13W1
May: 17–11 (Home: 9–4; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
32May 1@ Blue Jays6–1Lugo (5–1)Bassitt (2–5)—32,30719–13W2
33May 3Rangers7–1Schreiber (3–0)Winn (0–1)—25,69020–13W3
34May 4Rangers4–15Sborz (1–0)Wacha (1–4)—26,00220–14L1
35May 5Rangers2–3 (10)Yates (3–0)McArthur (1–1)Robertson (1)20,61320–15L2
36May 6Brewers3–2Anderson (2–1)Koenig (2–1)Stratton (2)10,00521–15W1
37May 7Brewers5–6Koenig (3–1)McArthur (1–2)Megill (3)14,65721–16L1
38May 8Brewers6–4Singer (3–1)Ross (1–4)McArthur (8)22,43022–16W1
39May 9@ Angels10–4Wacha (2–4)Detmers (3–4)—23,56823–16W2
40May 10@ Angels2–1Duffey (1–0)Estévez (0–2)Schreiber (1)29,12624–16W3
41May 11@ Angels3–9Anderson (3–4)Ragans (2–3)—31,59324–17L1
42May 12@ Angels4–2Lugo (6–1)Sandoval (2–6)McArthur (9)27,72325–17W1
43May 13@ Mariners2–6Kirby (4–3)Singer (3–2)Muñoz (6)14,98425–18L1
44May 14@ Mariners4–2Wacha (3–4)Gilbert (3–2)McArthur (10)20,66526–18W1
45May 15@ Mariners2–4Woo (1–0)Marsh (3–1)Muñoz (7)22,23326–19L1
46May 17Athletics6–2Ragans (3–3)Spence (3–2)—24,58527–19W1
47May 18Athletics5–3Lugo (7–1)Stripling (1–8)McArthur (11)22,01428–19W2
48May 19Athletics8–4Singer (4–2)Sears (3–3)—20,03529–19W3
49May 20Tigers8–3Wacha (4–4)Olson (0–5)Stratton (3)12,98630–19W4
50May 21Tigers10–3Marsh (4–1)Mize (1–3)—14,03131–19W5
51May 22Tigers8–3Ragans (4–3)Skubal (6–1)—15,00432–19W6
52May 24@ Rays8–1Lugo (8–1)Alexander (2–3)—16,36833–19W7
53May 25@ Rays7–4 (11)McArthur (2–2)Lovelady (0–3)Anderson (1)20,30934–19W8
54May 26@ Rays1–4Cleavinger (4–0)Wacha (4–5)Fairbanks (5)20,78934–20L1
55May 27@ Twins5–6Ryan (4–3)Marsh (4–2)Durán (7)17,50834–21L2
56May 28@ Twins2–4Woods Richardson (2–0)Ragans (4–4)Durán (8)15,17434–22L2
57May 29@ Twins6–1Lugo (9–1)Ober (5–3)—18,13035–22W1
58May 30@ Twins6–7Thielbar (2–1)Stratton (2–3)Durán (9)22,54235–23L1
59May 31Padres8–11Matsui (3–0)Schreiber (3–1)Suárez (17)30,00635–24L2
June: 11–14 (Home: 8–6; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
60June 1Padres3–7Vásquez (1–3)Marsh (4–3)—25,26635–25L3
61June 2Padres4–3Klein (1–0)Matsui (3–1)—21,82536–25W1
62June 4@ Guardians5–8Smith (3–0)Long (0–1)Clase (19)23,26036–26L1
—June 5@ GuardiansPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 26
63June 6@ Guardians4–3Long (1–1)Gaddis (3–2)McArthur (12)26,34437–26W1
64June 7Mariners10–9Anderson (3–1)Stanek (3–1)—25,17838–26W2
65June 8Mariners8–4Marsh (5–3)Castillo (5–7)—18,35139–26W3
66June 9Mariners5–6 (10)Baumann (3–0)McArthur (2–3)Saucedo (3)20,92639–27L1
67June 10Yankees2–4Rodón (9–2)Lugo (9–2)Tonkin (1)24,03839–28L2
68June 11Yankees1–10Stroman (6–2)Singer (4–3)—22,43739–29L3
69June 12Yankees5–11Poteet (3–0)Altavilla (0–1)—25,13239–30L4
70June 13Yankees4–3McArthur (3–3)Holmes (1–2)—21,87540–30W1
71June 14@ Dodgers3–4Hudson (3–1)Smith (0–3)Vesia (3)49,58040–31L1
72June 15@ Dodgers7–2Lugo (10–2)Treinen (2–1)—50,42341–31W1
73June 16@ Dodgers0–3Glasnow (7–5)Singer (4–3)Phillips (10)52,78941–32L1
74June 18@ Athletics5–7Harris (1–0)Marsh (5–4)Miller (13)7,01341–33L2
75June 19@ Athletics1–5Medina (1–2)Ragans (4–5)—4,55741–34L3
76June 20@ Athletics3–2McArthur (4–3)Nittoli (0–1)Stratton (4)8,75342–34W1
77June 21@ Rangers2–6Eovaldi (4–3)Schreiber (3–2)—37,67842–35L1
78June 22@ Rangers0–6Gray (3–3)Wacha (4–6)—38,30142–36L2
79June 23@ Rangers0–4Scherzer (1–0)Marsh (5–5)Ureña (1)35,76242–37L3
80June 24Marlins4–1Ragans (5–5)Muñoz (1–3)McArthur (13)16,81743–37W1
81June 25Marlins1–2Puk (2–8)Hernández (0–1)Scott (10)16,11943–38L1
82June 26Marlins5–1Zerpa (1–0)Brazobán (0–1)—14,13244–38W1
83June 27Guardians2–1Long (2–1)Lively (7–4)McArthur (14)23,34045–38W2
84June 28Guardians10–3Marsh (6–5)McKenzie (3–5)—20,69146–38W3
85June 29Guardians–—–
86June 30Guardians–—–
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
87July 2Rays–—–
88July 3Rays–—–
89July 4Rays–—–
90July 5@ Rockies–—–
91July 6@ Rockies–—–
92July 7@ Rockies–—–
93July 9@ Cardinals–—–
94July 10@ Cardinals–—–
95July 12@ Red Sox–—–
96July 13@ Red Sox–—–
97July 14@ Red Sox–—–
94th All-Star Game in Arlington, Texas
98July 19White Sox–—–
99July 20White Sox–—–
100July 21White Sox–—–
101July 22Diamondbacks–—–
102July 23Diamondbacks–—–
103July 24Diamondbacks–—–
104July 26Cubs–—–
105July 27Cubs–—–
106July 28Cubs–—–
107July 29@ White Sox–—–
108July 30@ White Sox–—–
109July 31@ White Sox–—–
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
110August 1@ Tigers–—–
111August 2@ Tigers–—–
112August 3@ Tigers–—–
113August 4@ Tigers–—–
114August 5Red Sox–—–
115August 6Red Sox–—–
116August 7Red Sox–—–
117August 9Cardinals–—–
118August 10Cardinals–—–
119August 12@ Twins–—–
120August 13@ Twins–—–
121August 14@ Twins–—–
122August 16@ Reds–—–
123August 17@ Reds–—–
124August 18@ Reds–—–
125August 19Angels–—–
126August 20Angels–—–
127August 21Angels–—–
128August 23Phillies–—–
129August 24Phillies–—–
130August 25Phillies–—–
131August 26 (1)@ Guardians–—–
132August 26 (2)@ 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 2Guardians–—–
140September 3Guardians–—–
141September 4Guardians–—–
142September 6Twins–—–
143September 7Twins–—–
144September 8Twins–—–
145September 9@ Yankees–—–
146September 10@ Yankees–—–
147September 11@ Yankees–—–
148September 13@ Pirates–—–
149September 14@ Pirates–—–
150September 15@ Pirates–—–
151September 16Tigers–—–
152September 17Tigers–—–
153September 18Tigers–—–
154September 20Giants–—–
155September 21Giants–—–
156September 22Giants–—–
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 roster Inactive roster Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

60-day injured list

Restricted list

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

References
  1. Passan, Jeff (December 10, 2023). "Royals, Will Smith reach 1-year, $5 million deal". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  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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