2023 Kansas City Royals
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Owner(s)John Sherman
General manager(s)J.J. Picollo
Manager(s)Matt Quatraro
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The 2023 Kansas City Royals season is the 55th season for the franchise, and their 51st at Kauffman Stadium. It is also the team's first season under the management of Matt Quatraro.

Offseason

The Royals finished the 2022 season 65–97, 27 games out of first place.[1] 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.[2]

Rule changes

Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes will be in place for the 2023 season:[3]

Regular season

Game log

Legend
Royals Win Royals Loss Game Postponed
2023 Game Log: 37–78 (Home: 21–36; Away: 16–42)
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: 5–3 (Home: 3–0; Away: 2–3)
# 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 – — –
117 August 10 @ Red Sox – — –
118 August 11 Cardinals – — –
119 August 12 Cardinals – — –
120 August 14 Mariners – — –
121 August 15 Mariners – — –
122 August 16 Mariners – — –
123 August 17 Mariners – — –
124 August 18 @ Cubs – — –
125 August 19 @ Cubs – — –
126 August 20 @ Cubs – — –
127 August 21 @ Athletics – — –
128 August 22 @ Athletics – — –
129 August 23 @ Athletics – — –
130 August 25 @ Mariners – — –
131 August 26 @ Mariners – — –
132 August 27 @ Mariners – — –
133 August 28 Pirates – — –
134 August 29 Pirates – — –
135 August 30 Pirates – — –
September/October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
136 September 1 Red Sox – — –
137 September 2 Red Sox – — –
138 September 3 Red Sox – — –
139 September 5 White Sox – — –
140 September 6 White Sox – — –
141 September 7 White Sox – — –
142 September 8 @ Blue Jays – — –
143 September 9 @ Blue Jays – — –
144 September 10 @ Blue Jays – — –
145 September 11 @ White Sox – — –
146 September 12 @ White Sox – — –
147 September 13 @ White Sox – — –
148 September 15 Astros – — –
149 September 16 Astros – — –
150 September 17 Astros – — –
151 September 18 Guardians – — –
152 September 19 Guardians – — –
153 September 20 Guardians – — –
154 September 22 @ Astros – — –
155 September 23 @ Astros – — –
156 September 24 @ Astros – — –
157 September 26 @ Tigers – — –
158 September 27 @ Tigers – — –
159 September 28 @ Tigers – — –
160 September 29 Yankees – — –
161 September 30 Yankees – — –
162 October 1 Yankees – — –

Current roster

Kansas City Royals roster
Active roster Inactive roster Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Pitchers


Infielders

Outfielders


Manager

Coaches

60-day injured list



Nick Pratto shown during the Royals' May 30 game against the Cardinals.
Starting pitcher Zack Greinke has a mound visit.

Regular season

American League Central

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 60 55 0.522 — 33–24 27–31
Cleveland Guardians 55 59 0.482 4½ 30–27 25–32
Detroit Tigers 50 63 0.442 9 24–33 26–30
Chicago White Sox 46 69 0.400 14 24–30 22–39
Kansas City Royals 37 78 0.322 23 21–36 16–42


American League Wild Card

Division leaders 		W L Pct.
Baltimore Orioles 70 43 0.619
Texas Rangers 68 46 0.596
Minnesota Twins 60 54 0.526


Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason) 		W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 69 46 0.600 +5
Houston Astros 65 49 0.570 +1½
Toronto Blue Jays 64 51 0.557 —
Seattle Mariners 61 52 0.540 2
New York Yankees 59 55 0.518 4½
Boston Red Sox 58 55 0.513 5
Los Angeles Angels 57 58 0.496 7
Cleveland Guardians 55 59 0.482 8½
Detroit Tigers 49 63 0.438 13½
Chicago White Sox 46 68 0.404 17½
Kansas City Royals 36 78 0.316 27½
Oakland Athletics 32 81 0.283 31


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 Chris Widger
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. ^ "2022 Kansas City Royals Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  2. ^ Anderson (October 5, 2022). "Royals fire manager Mike Matheny after three disappointing seasons at helm". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "Pitch clocks and shift limits: MLB adopts sweeping rule changes for 2023". the Guardian. Associated Press. September 9, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.

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