2023 Kansas City Royals season

The 2023 Kansas City Royals season was the 55th season for the franchise, and their 51st at Kauffman Stadium. It was also the team's first season under the management of Matt Quatraro. They were eliminated from playoff contention for the eighth consecutive season on August 29. Their 56–106 record tied the 2005 season for the lowest winning percentage (.346) in franchise history. They also finished sub-.458 for the 5th consecutive season. The Royals drew an average home attendance of 16,136 in 81 home games in the 2023 MLB season. The total attendance was 1,307,052.^[1]

2023 Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	56–106 (.346)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	John Sherman
General managers	J.J. Picollo
Managers	Matt Quatraro
Television	Bally Sports Kansas City
Radio	KCSP 610 AM
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Offseason

The Royals finished the 2022 season 65–97, 27 games out of first place.^[2] They missed the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.

On October 5, 2022, the Royals fired manager Mike Matheny shortly after the season ended. Matheny went 165–219 (.430) over three seasons with the team.^[3]

Rule changes

Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes will be in place for the 2023 season:^[4]

• institution of a pitch clock between pitches;
• limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance;
• limits on defensive shifts requiring two infielders to be on either side of second and be within the boundary of the infield; and
• larger bases (increased to 18-inch squares);

Regular season

American League Central

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	87	75	.537	—	47‍–‍34	40‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	78	84	.481	9	37‍–‍44	41‍–‍40
Cleveland Guardians	76	86	.469	11	42‍–‍39	34‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox	61	101	.377	26	31‍–‍50	30‍–‍51
Kansas City Royals	56	106	.346	31	33‍–‍48	23‍–‍58

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Baltimore Orioles	101	61	.623
Houston Astros	90	72	.556
Minnesota Twins	87	75	.537

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Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Tampa Bay Rays	99	63	.611	+10
Texas Rangers	90	72	.556	+1
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	—
Seattle Mariners	88	74	.543	1
New York Yankees	82	80	.506	7
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	11
Detroit Tigers	78	84	.481	11
Cleveland Guardians	76	86	.469	13
Los Angeles Angels	73	89	.451	16
Chicago White Sox	61	101	.377	28
Kansas City Royals	56	106	.346	33
Oakland Athletics	50	112	.309	39

Record vs. opponents

Record vs. American League

2023 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2023 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	7–6	4–2	3–4	6–1	3–3	5–1	5–2	4–2	7–6	6–1	4–2	8–5	3–3	10–3	26–20
Boston	6–7	—	2–4	3–3	5–1	2–5	5–2	3–4	4–3	9–4	4–2	3–3	2–11	3–3	7–6	20–26
Chicago	2–4	4–2	—	8–5	5–8	3–4	6–7	3–4	4–9	4–2	3–4	2–4	1–6	1–5	0–6	15–31
Cleveland	4–3	3–3	5–8	—	4–9	2–4	7–6	3–4	7–6	2–4	5–1	4–3	3–3	3–3	4–3	20–26
Detroit	1–6	1–5	8–5	9–4	—	3–3	10–3	3–3	8–5	2–5	3–4	3–3	1–5	3–4	2–4	21–25
Houston	3–3	5–2	4–3	4–2	3–3	—	1–5	9–4	2–4	2–5	10–3	4–9	3–3	9–4	3–4	28–18
Kansas City	1–5	2–5	7–6	6–7	3–10	5–1	—	2–4	4–9	2–4	2–4	1–6	3–4	1–5	1–6	16–30
Los Angeles	2–5	4–3	4–3	4–3	3–3	4–9	4–2	—	3–3	4–2	7–6	5–8	2–4	6–7	2–4	19–27
Minnesota	2–4	3–4	9–4	6–7	5–8	4–2	9–4	3–3	—	4–3	5–1	3–4	1–5	5–2	3–3	25–21
New York	6–7	4–9	2–4	4–2	5–2	5–2	4–2	2–4	3–4	—	5–1	4–2	5–8	3–4	7–6	23–23
Oakland	1–6	2–4	4–3	1–5	4–3	3–10	4–2	6–7	1–5	1–5	—	1–12	2–5	4–9	2–4	14–32
Seattle	2–4	3–3	4–2	3–4	3–3	9–4	6–1	8–5	4–3	2–4	12–1	—	3–4	4–9	3–3	22–24
Tampa Bay	5–8	11–2	6–1	3–3	5–1	3–3	4–3	4–2	5–1	8–5	5–2	4–3	—	2–4	7–6	27–19
Texas	3–3	3–3	5–1	3–3	4–3	4–9	5–1	7–6	2–5	4–3	9–4	9–4	4–2	—	6–1	22–24
Toronto	3–10	6–7	6–0	3–4	4–2	4–3	6–1	4–2	3–3	6–7	4–2	3–3	6–7	1–6	—	30–16

Updated with the results of all games through October 1, 2023.

Record vs. National League

2023 American League record vs. National League v t e Source: MLB Standings
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH
Baltimore	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	4–0
Boston	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2
Chicago	1–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2
Cleveland	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1
Detroit	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2
Houston	3–0	3–0	3–0	0–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1
Kansas City	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–3	3–0	1–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–2
Los Angeles	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–3	1–2	0–4	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	3–0	2–1
Minnesota	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2
New York	2–1	0–3	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2
Oakland	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–3	3–0	0–3	0–3	2–1	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–3
Seattle	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–2
Tampa Bay	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–0
Texas	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	3–0	1–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–2
Toronto	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–3	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1

Updated with the results of all games through October 1, 2023.

Roster

2023 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 58 Scott Barlow 62 Jonathan Bowlan 50 Kris Bubic 60 Max Castillo 54 Aroldis Chapman 45 Taylor Clarke 65 Dylan Coleman 53 Austin Cox 64 Steven Cruz 74 José Cuas 41 Tucker Davidson 22 Amir Garrett 23 Zack Greinke 54 Taylor Hearn 49 Jon Heasley 43 Carlos Hernández 56 Brad Keller 37 Jackson Kowar 78 Brooks Kriske 24 Jordan Lyles 52 Daniel Lynch 67 Alec Marsh 21 Mike Mayers 66 James McArthur 58 John McMillon 55 Cole Ragans 51 Brady Singer 40 Collin Snider 63 Josh Staumont 38 Josh Taylor 69 Anthony Veneziano 64 Nick Wittgren 48 Ryan Yarbrough 61 Ángel Zerpa		Catchers 79 Tyler Cropley 34 Freddy Fermín 13 Salvador Pérez 88 Logan Porter Infielders 27 Matt Beaty 17 Hunter Dozier 15 Matt Duffy 11 Maikel García 12 Nick Loftin  8 Nicky Lopez 19 Michael Massey  9 Vinnie Pasquantino 32 Nick Pratto  7 Bobby Witt Jr.		Outfielders 44 Dairon Blanco 41 Jackie Bradley Jr. 18 Nate Eaton 28 Kyle Isbel  1 MJ Melendez 14,34 Edward Olivares 99 Franmil Reyes  0 Samad Taylor 17 Nelson Velázquez  6 Drew Waters		Manager 33 Matt Quatraro Coaches 68 José Alguacil (infield) 84 Zach Bove (assistant pitching) 80 Allan de San Miguel (bullpen catcher) 77 Keoni DeRenne (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)

Nick Pratto shown during the Royals' May 30 game against the Cardinals.

Starting pitcher Zack Greinke has a mound visit.

Game log

Legend
Royals Win	Royals Loss	Game Postponed	Eliminated from playoff race

2023 Game Log: 56–106 (Home: 33–48; Away: 23–58)
March/April: 7–22 (Home: 1–12; Away: 6–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 March 30 Twins 0–2 López (1–0) Greinke (0–1) Durán (1) 38,351 0–1 L1 2 April 1 Twins 0–2 Gray (1–0) Lyles (0–1) López (1) 16,633 0–2 L2 3 April 2 Twins 4–7 Ryan (1–0) Keller (0–1) — 14,589 0–3 L3 4 April 3 Blue Jays 9–5 Singer (1–0) Berríos (0–1) — 10,810 1–3 W1 5 April 4 Blue Jays 1–4 Kikuchi (1–0) Bubic (0–1) Romano (2) 12,123 1–4 L1 6 April 5 Blue Jays 0–3 Manoah (1–0) Greinke (0–2) Romano (3) 10,015 1–5 L2 7 April 6 Blue Jays 3–6 Gausman (1–1) Lyles (0–2) Cimber (1) 10,401 1–6 L3 8 April 7 @ Giants 3–1 Keller (1–1) Cobb (0–1) Barlow (1) 40,711 2–6 W1 9 April 8 @ Giants 6–5 Clarke (1–0) Doval (0–1) Chapman (1) 35,126 3–6 W2 10 April 9 @ Giants 1–3 Brebbia (1–0) Yarbrough (0–1) Rogers (1) 30,207 3–7 L1 11 April 10 @ Rangers 2–11 Heaney (1–1) Greinke (0–3) — 17,430 3–8 L2 12 April 11 @ Rangers 5–8 (10) Ragans (2–0) Barlow (0–1) — 17,760 3–9 L3 13 April 12 @ Rangers 10–1 Keller (2–1) Eovaldi (1–2) — 18,380 4–9 W1 14 April 14 Braves 3–10 Morton (2–1) Singer (1–1) — 20,186 4–10 L1 15 April 15 Braves 3–9 Elder (2–0) Bubic (0–2) — 17,644 4–11 L2 16 April 16 Braves 4–5 Anderson (1–0) Barlow (0–2) Minter (3) 22,040 4–12 L3 17 April 17 Rangers 0–4 Dunning (1–0) Lyles (0–3) — 11,068 4–13 L4 18 April 18 Rangers 2–12 Eovaldi (2–2) Keller (2–2) — 12,118 4–14 L5 19 April 19 Rangers 3–12 Pérez (3–1) Singer (1–2) — 10,388 4–15 L6 20 April 21 @ Angels 0–2 Ohtani (3–0) Yarbrough (0–2) Quijada (4) 44,741 4–16 L7 21 April 22 @ Angels 11–8 Cuas (1–0) Quijada (0–1) Barlow (2) 44,148 5–16 W1 22 April 23 @ Angels 3–4 Warren (1–0) Lyles (0–4) Estévez (3) 36,016 5–17 L1 23 April 24 @ Diamondbacks 4–5 Chafin (2–0) Chapman (0–1) — 9,815 5–18 L2 24 April 25 @ Diamondbacks 5–4 Singer (2–2) Nelson (1–1) Barlow (3) 13,835 6–18 W1 25 April 26 @ Diamondbacks 0–2 Gallen (4–1) Yarbrough (0–3) Chafin (4) 14,343 6–19 L1 26 April 27 @ Twins 1–7 Stewart (1–0) Greinke (0–4) — 12,862 6–20 L2 27 April 28 @ Twins 6–8 López (2–2) Lyles (0–5) López (2) 11,754 6–21 L3 28 April 29 @ Twins 3–2 Chapman (1–1) Durán (0–1) Barlow (4) 22,883 7–21 W1 29 April 30 @ Twins 4–8 Gray (4–0) Singer (2–3) Durán (6) 17,150 7–22 L1
May: 10–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 3–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 30 May 2 Orioles 7–11 Wells (2–1) Yarbrough (0–4) — 10,487 7–23 L2 31 May 3 Orioles 6–0 Greinke (1–4) Gibson (4–1) — 10,362 8–23 W1 32 May 4 Orioles 10–13 Canó (1–0) Chapman (1–2) — 11,514 8–24 L1 33 May 5 Athletics 8–12 Muller (1–2) Keller (2–3) — 15,966 8–25 L2 34 May 6 Athletics 4–5 Waldichuk (1–2) Singer (2–4) Jackson (1) 29,549 8–26 L3 35 May 7 Athletics 5–1 Yarbrough (1–4) Miller (0–2) — 12,740 9–26 W1 36 May 8 White Sox 12–5 Cuas (2–0) Cease (2–2) — 9,814 10–26 W2 37 May 9 White Sox 2–4 Giolito (2–2) Lyles (0–6) Graveman (1) 11,258 10–27 L1 38 May 10 White Sox 9–1 Keller (3–3) Lynn (1–5) — 12,187 11–27 W1 39 May 11 White Sox 4–3 Barlow (1–2) López (0–3) — 20,321 12–27 W2 40 May 12 @ Brewers 1–5 Burnes (4–2) Taylor (0–1) — 24,900 12–28 L1 41 May 13 @ Brewers 3–4 Williams (3–0) Hernández (0–1) — 35,766 12–29 L2 42 May 14 @ Brewers 6–9 Lauer (4–4) Lyles (0–7) — 33,188 12–30 L3 43 May 15 @ Padres 0–4 Wacha (4–1) Keller (3–4) — 43,828 12–31 L4 44 May 16 @ Padres 5–4 Singer (3–4) Lugo (3–3) Barlow (5) 36,060 13–31 W1 45 May 17 @ Padres 4–3 Taylor (1–1) Darvish (2–3) Barlow (6) 31,416 14–31 W2 46 May 19 @ White Sox 0–2 Kopech (2–4) Greinke (1–5) Graveman (3) 20,329 14–32 L1 47 May 20 @ White Sox 1–5 Giolito (3–3) Lyles (0–8) — 23,984 14–33 L2 48 May 21 @ White Sox 2–5 Lynn (3–5) Castillo (0–1) Kelly (1) 23,556 14–34 L3 49 May 22 Tigers 5–8 (10) Lange (2–0) Barlow (1–3) Cisnero (1) 14,229 14–35 L4 50 May 23 Tigers 4–1 Cuas (3–0) Rodríguez (4–4) Chapman (2) 13,443 15–35 W1 51 May 24 Tigers 4–6 Vest (1–0) Taylor (1–2) Lange (9) 11,898 15–36 L1 52 May 26 Nationals 10–12 Corbin (4–5) Lyles (0–9) Kuhl (1) 15,878 15–37 L2 53 May 27 Nationals 2–4 Thompson (3–2) Taylor (1–3) Finnegan (11) 19,130 15–38 L3 54 May 28 Nationals 3–2 Barlow (2–3) Kuhl (0–3) — 18,319 16–38 W1 55 May 29 @ Cardinals 7–0 Mayers (1–0) Wainwright (2–1) — 45,911 17–38 W2 56 May 30 @ Cardinals 1–2 Mikolas (4–1) Hernández (0–2) Gallegos (7) 38,406 17–39 L1
June: 6–20 (Home: 3–10; Away: 3–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 57 June 2 Rockies 2–7 Suter (4–0) Hernández (0–3) — 23,482 17–40 L2 58 June 3 Rockies 4–6 Carasiti (1–0) Lynch (0–1) Lawrence (2) 16,492 17–41 L3 59 June 4 Rockies 2–0 Singer (4–4) Freeland (4–7) Barlow (7) 13,128 18–41 W1 60 June 5 @ Marlins 6–9 Garrett (2–2) Mayers (1–1) Floro (7) 7,232 18–42 L1 61 June 6 @ Marlins 1–6 Luzardo (5–4) Greinke (1–6) — 7,342 18–43 L2 62 June 7 @ Marlins 1–6 Cabrera (5–4) Lyles (0–10) — 7,673 18–44 L3 63 June 9 @ Orioles 2–3 Wells (5–2) Lynch (0–2) Bautista (17) 18,076 18–45 L4 64 June 10 @ Orioles 1–6 Irvin (1–2) Singer (4–5) — 34,136 18–46 L5 65 June 11 @ Orioles 3–11 Gibson (8–3) Mayers (1–2) — 23,255 18–47 L6 66 June 12 Reds 4–5 (10) Farmer (2–3) Hernández (0–4) Karcher (1) 20,500 18–48 L7 67 June 13 Reds 4–5 Williamson (1–0) Lyles (0–11) Díaz (16) 16,931 18–49 L8 68 June 14 Reds 4–7 Lively (4–4) Lynch (0–3) Díaz (17) 13,731 18–50 L9 69 June 16 Angels 0–3 Sandoval (4–6) Singer (4–6) Bachman (1) 19,384 18–51 L10 70 June 17 Angels 10–9 Chapman (2–2) Devenski (3–1) — 21,056 19–51 W1 71 June 18 Angels 2–5 Anderson (4–1) Greinke (1–7) Estévez (19) 24,385 19–52 L1 72 June 19 @ Tigers 4–6 Alexander (2–1) Clarke (1–1) Lange (11) 18,438 19–53 L2 73 June 20 @ Tigers 1–0 Lynch (1–3) Lorenzen (2–5) Barlow (8) 18,409 20–53 W1 74 June 21 @ Tigers 4–9 Boyd (5–5) Singer (4–7) — 20,195 20–54 L1 75 June 22 @ Rays 6–5 Chapman (3–2) Fairbanks (0–2) Barlow (9) 10,436 21–54 W1 76 June 23 @ Rays 3–11 Eflin (9–3) Greinke (1–8) — 16,189 21–55 L1 77 June 24 @ Rays 9–4 Lyles (1–11) Chirinos (3–3) — 20,884 22–55 W1 78 June 25 @ Rays 1–3 Poche (5–2) Clarke (1–2) Fairbanks (8) 18,442 22–56 L1 79 June 27 Guardians 1–2 Stephan (4–3) Barlow (2–4) Clase (24) 15,718 22–57 L2 80 June 28 Guardians 1–14 Sandlin (4–3) Cox (0–1) — 11,978 22–58 L3 81 June 29 Guardians 4–3 (10) Chapman (4–2) Clase (1–5) — 12,414 23–58 W1 82 June 30 Dodgers 3–9 Miller (4–1) Marsh (0–1) — 22,006 23–59 L1
July: 9–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 2–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 83 July 1 Dodgers 6–4 Lynch (2–3) Urías (5–5) Barlow (10) 21,004 24–59 W1 84 July 2 Dodgers 9–1 Singer (5–7) Gonsolin (4–3) — 19,058 25–59 W2 85 July 3 @ Twins 4–8 Headrick (2–0) Clarke (1–3) — 28,218 25–60 L1 86 July 4 @ Twins 3–9 Maeda (2–5) Greinke (1–9) — 25,033 25–61 L2 87 July 5 @ Twins 0–5 López (5–5) Marsh (0–2) — 19,692 25–62 L3 88 July 6 @ Guardians 1–6 Morgan (4–1) Garrett (0–1) — 17,464 25–63 L4 89 July 7 @ Guardians 0–3 Civale (3–2) Lynch (2–4) Clase (25) 29,990 25–64 L5 90 July 8 @ Guardians 6–10 Williams (1–1) Singer (5–8) — 30,864 25–65 L6 91 July 9 @ Guardians 4–1 Yarbrough (2–4) Bieber (5–6) Barlow (11) 25,911 26–65 W1 93rd All-Star Game in Seattle, Washington — July 14 Rays Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 15 92 July 15 (1) Rays 1–6 Glasnow (3–3) Marsh (0–3) — 15,428 26–66 L1 93 July 15 (2) Rays 2–4 Poche (7–2) Hernández (0–5) Fairbanks (10) 18,052 26–67 L2 94 July 16 Rays 8–4 Singer (6–8) Eflin (10–5) — 15,632 27–67 W1 95 July 17 Tigers 2–3 White (2–2) Clarke (1–4) Lange (15) 19,440 27–68 L1 96 July 18 Tigers 11–10 Lynch (3–4) Skubal (0–1) — 18,448 28–68 W1 97 July 19 Tigers 2–3 Rodríguez (6–5) Yarbrough (2–5) Lange (16) 17,903 28–69 L1 98 July 20 Tigers 0–3 Lorenzen (5–6) Greinke (1–10) Foley (4) 11,478 28–70 L2 99 July 21 @ Yankees 4–5 Schmidt (6–6) Marsh (0–4) Holmes (12) 46,242 28–71 L3 100 July 22 @ Yankees 2–5 Peralta (3–1) Hernández (0–6) Holmes (13) 44,401 28–72 L4 101 July 23 @ Yankees 5–8 Severino (2–4) Lyles (1–12) — 44,130 28–73 L5 102 July 24 @ Guardians 5–3 Yarbrough (3–5) Allen (4–3) Barlow (12) 19,630 29–73 W1 103 July 25 @ Guardians 1–5 Civale (4–2) Greinke (1–11) — 22,177 29–74 L1 104 July 26 @ Guardians 3–8 Sandlin (5–3) Marsh (0–5) — 26,699 29–75 L2 105 July 28 Twins 8–5 (10) Clarke (2–4) Durán (2–5) — 23,022 30–75 W1 106 July 29 Twins 10–7 Lyles (2–12) Ober (6–5) Barlow (13) 20,643 31–75 W2 107 July 30 Twins 2–1 Yarbrough (4–5) Maeda (2–6) Hernández (1) 13,752 32–75 W3
August: 9–19 (Home: 5–7; Away: 4–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 108 August 1 Mets 7–6 (10) Hernández (1–6) Raley (0–2) — 16,140 33–75 W4 109 August 2 Mets 4–0 Ragans (3–3) Senga (7–6) — 13,630 34–75 W5 110 August 3 Mets 9–2 Singer (7–8) Carrasco (3–6) — 11,926 35–75 W6 111 August 4 @ Phillies 7–5 Lyles (3–12) Nola (9–8) Cox (1) 36,510 36–75 W7 112 August 5 @ Phillies 6–9 Strahm (7–3) Zerpa (0–1) Kimbrel (19) 42,326 36–76 L1 113 August 6 @ Phillies 4–8 Walker (13–4) Greinke (1–12) — 43,112 36–77 L2 114 August 7 @ Red Sox 2–6 Jansen (3–5) Hernández (1–7) — 32,732 36–78 L3 115 August 8 @ Red Sox 9–3 Singer (8–8) Crawford (5–6) — 30,997 37–78 W1 116 August 9 @ Red Sox 3–4 Pivetta (8–6) Lyles (3–13) Jansen (25) 35,495 37–79 L1 117 August 10 @ Red Sox 0–2 Paxton (7–3) Marsh (0–6) Jansen (26) 31,952 37–80 L2 118 August 11 Cardinals 12–8 Zerpa (1–1) Wainwright (3–7) — 26,271 38–80 W1 119 August 12 Cardinals 4–5 Matz (4–7) Ragans (3–4) Romero (2) 37,016 38–81 L1 120 August 14 Mariners 7–6 Wittgren (1–0) Brash (8–4) — 11,878 39–81 W1 121 August 15 Mariners 8–10 (10) Muñoz (3–5) Davidson (1–2) Saucedo (1) 12,759 39–82 L1 122 August 16 Mariners 5–6 Castillo (9–7) Coleman (0–1) Brash (3) 11,091 39–83 L2 123 August 17 Mariners 4–6 Campbell (3–0) Hernández (1–8) Brash (4) 10,875 39–84 L3 124 August 18 @ Cubs 4–3 Ragans (4–4) Taillon (7–8) Hernández (2) 37,936 40–84 W1 125 August 19 @ Cubs 4–6 Steele (14–3) Singer (8–9) Alzolay (17) 39,525 40–85 L1 126 August 20 @ Cubs 3–4 Hendricks (5–6) Lyles (3–14) Alzolay (18) 36,949 40–86 L2 127 August 21 @ Athletics 4–6 May (4–4) Coleman (0–2) — 3,095 40–87 L3 128 August 22 @ Athletics 4–5 Harris (3–6) Zerpa (1–2) May (13) 4,021 40–88 L4 129 August 23 @ Athletics 4–0 Ragans (5–4) Martínez (0–2) Hernández (3) 5,075 41–88 W1 130 August 25 @ Mariners 5–7 Campbell (4–0) Singer (8–10) Muñoz (9) 45,175 41–89 L1 131 August 26 @ Mariners 2–15 Gilbert (12–5) Lyles (3–15) — 41,744 41–90 L2 132 August 27 @ Mariners 2–3 Castillo (11–7) Marsh (0–7) Muñoz (10) 38,829 41–91 L3 133 August 28 Pirates 0–5 Oviedo (8–13) Greinke (1–13) — 11,610 41–92 L4 134 August 29 Pirates 3–6 Ortiz (3–4) Hernández (1–9) — 11,233 41–93 L5 135 August 30 Pirates 1–4 Jackson (1–1) Zerpa (1–3) Bednar (29) 10,592 41–94 L6
September/October: 15–12 (Home: 10–5; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 136 September 1 Red Sox 13–2 Lyles (4–15) Paxton (7–5) — 15,470 42–94 W1 137 September 2 Red Sox 5–9 Houck (4–8) Marsh (0–8) Pivetta (1) 20,527 42–95 L1 138 September 3 Red Sox 3–7 Sale (6–3) Greinke (1–14) — 15,785 42–96 L2 139 September 4 White Sox 12–1 Ragans (6–4) Scholtens (1–7) — 10,646 43–96 W1 140 September 5 White Sox 7–6 Kowar (1–0) Santos (2–2) — 10,395 44–96 W2 141 September 6 White Sox 4–6 Toussaint (3–7) Lyles (4–16) Shaw (2) 11,046 44–97 L1 142 September 8 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Green (2–0) Hernández (1–10) Romano (33) 26,493 44–98 L2 143 September 9 @ Blue Jays 1–5 Gausman (11–8) Greinke (1–15) — 41,443 44–99 L3 144 September 10 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Berríos (10–10) Clarke (2–5) Romano (34) 35,275 44–100 L4 — September 11 @ White Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 12 146 September 12 (1) @ White Sox 2–6 Cease (7–7) Singer (8–11) Santos (5) see 2nd game 44–101 L5 146 September 12 (2) @ White Sox 11–10 Clarke (3–5) García (0–1) Hernández (4) 14,824 45–101 W1 147 September 13 @ White Sox 7–1 Marsh (1–8) Clevinger (7–8) — 15,593 46–101 W2 148 September 15 Astros 4–2 Zerpa (2–3) Javier (9–4) Clarke (1) 15,465 47–101 W3 149 September 16 Astros 10–8 McArthur (1–0) Neris (6–3) Clarke (2) 19,557 48–101 W4 150 September 17 Astros 1–7 Valdez (12–10) Lyles (4–17) — 15,311 48–102 L1 151 September 18 Guardians 6–4 Kowar (2–0) Stephan (6–7) McArthur (1) 9,736 49–102 W1 152 September 19 Guardians 7–6 Marsh (2–8) Allen (7–8) Snider (1) 15,254 50–102 W2 153 September 20 Guardians 6–2 Zerpa (3–3) Giolito (8–14) — 12,162 51–102 W3 154 September 22 @ Astros 7–5 Ragans (7–4) Valdez (12–11) McArthur (2) 41,033 52–102 W4 155 September 23 @ Astros 3–2 Lyles (5–17) France (11–6) Clarke (3) 41,692 53–102 W5 156 September 24 @ Astros 6–5 Marsh (3–8) Brown (11–13) McArthur (3) 41,438 54–102 W6 157 September 26 @ Tigers 3–6 Foley (3–3) Clarke (3–6) — 13,903 54–103 L1 — September 27 @ Tigers Suspended (rain); Rescheduled to September 28 158 September 28 @ Tigers 0–8 Díaz (1–0) Bowlan (0–1) — see 2nd game 54–104 L2 159 September 28 @ Tigers 3–7 Cisnero (3–4) Ragans (7–5) — 13,326 54–105 L3 160 September 29 Yankees 12–5 Lyles (6–17) Rodón (3–8) — 18,374 55–105 W1 161 September 30 Yankees 2–5 Montas (1–0) Marsh (3–9) Holmes (24) 22,665 55–106 L1 162 October 1 Yankees 5–2 Greinke (2–15) King (4–8) McArthur (4) 20,662 56–106 W1

Player statistics

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Bobby Witt Jr.	158	641	97	177	28	11	30	96	49	40	.276	.495
Salvador Pérez	140	538	59	137	21	0	23	80	0	19	.255	.422
MJ Melendez	148	533	65	125	29	5	16	56	6	62	.235	.398
Maikel García	123	464	59	126	20	4	4	50	23	38	.272	.358
Michael Massey	129	428	42	98	18	1	15	55	6	24	.229	.381
Edward Olivares	107	354	47	93	23	4	12	36	11	22	.263	.452
Nick Pratto	95	306	33	71	16	0	7	35	1	29	.232	.353
Drew Waters	98	302	40	69	11	5	8	32	16	27	.228	.377
Kyle Isbel	91	292	45	70	22	2	5	34	7	17	.240	.380
Vinnie Pasquantino	61	231	24	57	17	0	9	26	0	25	.247	.437
Freddy Fermín	70	217	26	61	10	1	9	32	0	13	.281	.461
Matt Duffy	78	191	17	48	8	0	2	16	1	12	.251	.325
Nicky Lopez	68	160	19	34	5	3	0	13	4	21	.213	.281
Nelson Velázquez	40	133	27	31	4	0	14	28	0	11	.233	.579
Dairon Blanco	69	124	19	32	7	4	3	18	24	10	.258	.452
Jackie Bradley Jr.	43	105	10	14	5	0	1	6	0	5	.133	.210
Hunter Dozier	29	82	8	15	2	1	2	9	2	8	.183	.305
Nick Loftin	19	62	10	20	5	1	0	10	2	4	.323	.435
Samad Taylor	31	60	11	12	2	1	0	4	8	7	.200	.267
Franmil Reyes	19	59	5	11	0	0	2	7	0	4	.186	.288
Matt Beaty	26	56	7	13	4	0	0	3	0	6	.232	.304
Nate Eaton	28	53	2	4	0	0	0	1	3	2	.075	.075
Logan Porter	11	31	4	6	1	0	1	3	0	5	.194	.323
Tyler Cropley	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167
Totals	162	5428	676	1325	258	43	163	651	163	411	.244	.398
Rank in AL	—	13	10	11	11	1	14	10	1	14	9	10

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jordan Lyles	6	17	6.28	31	31	0	177.2	176	130	124	45	120
Brady Singer	8	11	5.52	29	29	0	159.2	182	102	98	49	133
Zack Greinke	2	15	5.06	30	27	0	142.1	158	82	80	23	97
Alec Marsh	3	9	5.69	17	8	0	74.1	77	50	47	39	85
Cole Ragans	5	2	2.64	12	12	0	71.2	50	23	21	27	89
Carlos Hernández	1	10	5.27	67	4	4	70.0	62	43	41	31	77
Taylor Clarke	3	6	5.95	58	2	3	59.0	71	42	39	24	65
Daniel Lynch IV	3	4	4.64	9	9	0	52.1	50	29	27	16	34
Ryan Yarbrough	4	5	4.24	14	7	0	51.0	52	24	24	9	29
Brad Keller	3	4	4.57	11	9	0	45.1	42	26	23	45	31
Ángel Zerpa	3	3	4.85	15	3	0	42.2	46	24	23	8	36
José Cuas	3	0	4.54	45	1	0	41.2	46	21	21	21	52
Scott Barlow	2	4	5.35	38	0	13	38.2	38	26	23	22	47
Austin Cox	0	1	4.54	24	3	1	35.2	28	20	18	17	33
Aroldis Chapman	4	2	2.45	31	0	2	29.1	16	10	8	20	53
Nick Wittgren	1	0	4.97	27	0	0	29.0	30	17	16	11	18
Jackson Kowar	2	0	6.43	23	0	0	28.0	34	24	20	20	29
Mike Mayers	1	2	6.15	6	2	0	26.1	34	19	18	10	17
Amir Garrett	0	1	3.33	27	0	0	24.1	22	11	9	20	28
James McArthur	1	0	4.63	18	2	4	23.1	20	12	12	2	23
Collin Snider	0	0	4.87	20	1	1	20.1	24	12	11	13	11
Max Castillo	0	1	4.43	7	0	0	20.1	20	10	10	9	10
Josh Staumont	0	0	5.40	21	1	0	20.0	16	12	12	13	24
Tucker Davidson	0	1	5.03	20	1	0	19.2	20	12	11	8	15
Dylan Coleman	0	2	8.84	23	1	0	18.1	18	19	18	19	21
Josh Taylor	1	3	8.15	17	1	0	17.2	22	17	16	9	26
Kris Bubic	0	2	3.94	3	3	0	16.0	19	7	7	2	16
Jonathan Heasley	0	0	7.20	12	0	0	15.0	17	13	12	2	9
Steven Cruz	0	0	4.97	10	4	0	12.2	11	7	7	11	15
Taylor Hearn	0	0	8.22	8	0	0	7.2	12	7	7	2	8
Brooks Kriske	0	0	4.05	4	0	0	6.2	3	3	3	4	6
John McMillon	0	0	2.25	4	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	0	8
Jonathan Bowlan	0	1	3.00	2	1	0	3.0	5	1	1	0	3
Anthony Veneziano	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.1	2	2	0	2	1
Matt Duffy	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0
Nate Eaton	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1
Totals	56	106	5.17	162	162	28	1409.0	1429	859	809	553	1270
Rank in AL	14	2	14	—	—	14	15	14	14	14	12	15

Source:

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
Triple-A	Omaha Storm Chasers	International League	Mike Jirschele
Double-A	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Texas League	Tommy Shields
High-A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midwest League	Brooks Conrad
Single-A	Columbia Fireflies	Carolina League	Tony Peña Jr.
Rookie	ACL Royals	Arizona Complex League	Jesus Azuaje
Rookie	DSL Royals Gold	Dominican Summer League	Ramon Martinez
Rookie	DSL Royals Blue	Dominican Summer League	Sergio De Luna