Kansas City Royals

Minnesota Twins (76-65, third in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (77-65, second in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Bailey Ober (12-6, 3.95 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 155 strikeouts); Royals: Alec Marsh (7-8, 4.70 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 100 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Royals -140, Twins +119; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals bring a 1-0 advantage into the latest game of the series against the Minnesota Twins. Kansas City has a 77-65 record overall and a 43-30 record in home games. The Royals have the sixth-best team batting average in MLB play at .254. Minnesota has a 37-35 record in road games and a 76-65 record

Cole Ragans scattered four hits in six scoreless innings as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 5-0 on Friday night and traded places with the Twins in the AL Central and wild card standings. The Royals now hold a half-game lead for second place in the division and the second wild card spot. “His velocity was good, his carry was good, the curveball was really good,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of Ragans.

The Kansas City Royals are busy climbing to the top of the American League Central in hopes of winning the division before the season ends. With plenty of weapons being made available this winter, a former St. Louis Cardinals slugger could be moving back to Missouri soon -- on the west side of I-70 this time. "The Royals need to find some middle-of-the-order help for the trio of Bobby Witt Jr., Salvador Pérez and Vinnie Pasquantino and outfielder Tyler O'Neill gives them a productive slugger still in the prime of his career as he just turned 29 years old in June," Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter wrote Friday in an article, where he predicted what every team's Opening Day starting lineup might look like.

Will the Boston Red Sox end up losing one of their starting outfielders this winter? There are just a few weeks to go until the 2024 Major League Baseball regular season comes to an end. One of Boston's top players heading toward free agency certainly is outfielder Tyler O'Neill. The Red Sox acquired him knowing there was a possibility that it could be just a one-year partnership.

The funds were generated through the "Celebrate the Run" campaign, which is a partnership between the Royals and JE Dunn. The campaign honors Centennial celebrations in 2024 for both JE Dunn, as well as the NLBM.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Fresh off an ugly defensive game on Wednesday, and digesting tough injury news about Byron Buxton and Max Kepler, the Twins needed someone who could send them to Kansas City for a pivotal series against the Royals with some optimism. And who better than Pablo López? López has looked every bit the ace in the second half of the season and on Thursday, he helped lead the ...

The Kansas City Royals will get some offensive firepower back Friday with the return of Hunter Renfroe.

Tommy Pham hit his first home run for Kansas City, a tiebreaking, three-run drive in a four-run fourth inning, and the Royals stopped a season-high, seven-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night.

Fans who attend Wednesday’s Royals game at Kauffman Stadium will get a special freebie.

If there was a silver lining for the Royals following their seventh straight loss, it came in the AL Wild Card standings.

The Kansas City Royals say manager Matt Quatraro is expected to rejoin the team on Wednesday.

Sep. 2—With the surprise 2024 Royals firmly in the playoff race with just four weeks left in the season, fans are holding out hope for another October filled with postseason baseball. Coming off a 2023 campaign where the Kansas City Royals tied a franchise low for most losses in a single season, the 2024 Royals have shattered fan and media expectations and find themselves in a strong position ...

Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and pitcher Michael Wacha led the Royals to a 15-13 record in August.

Gavin Williams pitched seven sharp innings, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Monday.

Yordan Alvarez homered twice and Jon Singleton added a two-run shot as the Houston Astros completed a four-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 7-2 win Sunday. It’s Houston’s fifth straight win overall and comes after the Royals swept a three-game series against the AL West leaders at home in April. “They kicked our butts early in the season in Kansas City when we were not playing our best,” Houston manager Joe Espada said.

The Kansas City Royals added three bats off waivers that could help their postseason drive.