Wikiwand AI

2026 Kansas City Royals season

Major League Baseball team season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2026 Kansas City Royals season is the 58th season for the franchise, and their 54th at Kauffman Stadium.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkKauffman Stadium
Record64–82 (.438)
OwnersJohn Sherman
Quick facts Kansas City Royals, League ...
2026 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record64–82 (.438)
OwnersJohn Sherman
General managerJ.J. Picollo
ManagerMatt Quatraro
TelevisionMLB Local Media
RadioKFNZ 96.5 The Fan
← 2025
Close

On June 26, the Royals went on the road and lost to the Chicago White Sox by the score of 22–1 to make the 21-run differential the worst loss in franchise history.[1]

On July 25, longtime catcher Salvador Pérez surpassed Hall of Famer George Brett's 317 career home runs to become the Royals all-time leader in home runs.[2]

On September 7, the Royals failed to improve on their 82–80 record from last season after losing to the Arizona Diamondbacks in 10 innings.

Regular season

Transactions

Offseason

Regular Season

  • May 29 – signed right-handed pitcher Dan Altavilla
  • June 2 – claimed outfielder Matthew Lugo off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.[3]
  • June 15 – acquired right-handed pitcher Connto Blue Jays in exchange for right-handedpitcher Denis Samudio and cash.[3]
  • June 17 – acquired right-handed pitcher Rand Mariners for cash.[3]


American League Central

More information Team, W ...
AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 7569 .521 — 43‍–‍29 32‍–‍40
Cleveland Guardians 7473 .503 2½ 36‍–‍39 38‍–‍34
Minnesota Twins 6977 .473 7 38‍–‍34 31‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers 6779 .459 9 36‍–‍36 31‍–‍43
Kansas City Royals 6482 .438 12 38‍–‍36 26‍–‍46
Close

American League Wild Card

More information Team, W ...
Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 8758 .600
Chicago White Sox 7569 .521
Houston Astros 7472 .507
Close
More information Team, W ...
Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 8362 .572 +10
Boston Red Sox 8067 .544 +6
Cleveland Guardians 7473 .503 —
Toronto Blue Jays 7374 .497 1
Texas Rangers 7274 .493 1½
Baltimore Orioles 7176 .483 3
Minnesota Twins 6977 .473 4½
Seattle Mariners 6878 .466 5½
Detroit Tigers 6779 .459 6½
Kansas City Royals 6482 .438 9½
Athletics 5988 .401 15
Los Angeles Angels 5690 .384 17½
Close

Record against opponents

More information Team, ATH ...
2026 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2026

Team ATH BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Athletics —2–43–41–51–20–65–42–56–53–33–34–40–37–60–319–29
Baltimore 4–2—4–74–21–34–25–15–13–33–32–83–48–52–43–418–24
Boston 4–37–4—6–02–15–21–53–03–01–56–73–35–52–14–925–20
Chicago 5–12–40–6—6–46–32–57–34–27–43–43–32–44–25–118–21
Cleveland 2–13–11–24–6—9–22–45–56–04–62–44–31–52–42–425–23
Detroit 6–02–42–53–62–9—2–56–73–33–74–24–24–24–21–218–21
Houston 4–51–55–15–24–25–2—2–17–62–43–32–92–19–43–319–21
Kansas City 5–21–50–33–75–57–61–2—5–18–50–65–12–51–52–218–24
Los Angeles 5–63–30–32–40–63–36–71–5—1–23–42–43–38–52–414–29
Minnesota 3–33–35–14–76–47–34–25–82–1—2–12–41–53–04–316–29
New York 3–38–27–64–34–22–43–36–04–31–2—4–23–64–27–621–18
Seattle 4–44–33–33–33–42–49–21–54–24–22–4—1–53–72–421–24
Tampa Bay 3–05–85–54–25–12–41–25–23–35–16–35–1—3–29–423–19
Texas 6–74–21–22–44–22–44–95–15–80–32–47–32–3—4–022–20
Toronto 3–04–39–41–54–22–13–32–24–23–46–74–24–90–4—22–23
Close

Updated with the results of all games through September 4, 2026.

Game log

More information Legend, Royals Win ...
Legend
Royals Win Royals Loss Game postponed
Close
More information #, Date ...
2026 Game Log: 64–82 (Home: 38–36; Road: 26–46)
March/April: 12–19 (Home: 9–7; Road: 3–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 27@ Braves0–6Sale (1–0)Ragans (0–1)—39,6970–1L1
2March 28@ Braves2–6Bido (1–0)Estévez (0–1)—39,3620–2L2
3March 29@ Braves4–1Lugo (1–0)Holmes (0–1)Erceg (1)37,9611–2W1
4March 30Twins3–1Bubic (1–0)Woods Richardson (0–1)Schreiber (1)39,3202–2W2
5April 1Twins13–9Cameron (1–0)Ryan (0–1)Erceg (2)10,8703–2W3
6April 2Twins1–5Bradley (1–0)Ragans (0–2)—11,6943–3L1
-April 3BrewersPostponed (rain) (Makeup date: April 4)
7April 4 (1)Brewers2–5Patrick (1–0)Avila (0–1)Megill (2)17,0553–4L2
8April 4 (2)Brewers8–2Mears (1–0)Sproat (0–1)Morgan (1)12,7324–4W1
9April 5Brewers5–8Harrison (1–0)Bubic (1–1)Megill (3)14,5844–5L1
10April 6@ Guardians4–2Wacha (1–0)Pallette (0–1)Erceg (3)13,1435–5W1
11April 7@ Guardians1–2Smith (2–0)Schreiber (0–1)—10,3285–6L1
12April 8@ Guardians2–10Cantillo (1–0)Ragans (0–3)Festa (1)14,7345–7L2
13April 9White Sox0–2Kay (1–0)Lugo (1–1)Domínguez (2)13,0015–8L3
14April 10White Sox2–0Bubic (2–1)Martin (2–1)Erceg (4)12,9076–8W1
15April 11White Sox2–0Wacha (2–0)Fedde (0–3)Erceg (5)16,2147–8W2
16April 12White Sox5–6Leasure (1–0)Schreiber (0–2)Domínguez (3)20,5527–9L1
17April 14@ Tigers1–2Vest (1–2)Mears (1–1)Jansen (3)16,6557–10L2
18April 15@ Tigers1–2Finnegan (1–0)Morgan (0–1)Jansen (4)19,6097–11L3
19April 16@ Tigers9–10Seabold (1–0)Erceg (0–1)—15,0347–12L4
20April 17@ Yankees2–4Doval (1–0)Lange (0–1)Bednar (6)44,2447–13L5
21April 18@ Yankees4–13Warren (2–0)Cameron (1–1)—42,0707–14L6
22April 19@ Yankees0–7Weathers (1–2)Ragans (0–4)—40,1987–15L7
23April 20Orioles5–7 (12)Nunez (1–0)Lange (0–2)—13,5897–16L8
24April 21Orioles6–5Erceg (1–1)Helsley (0–2)—15,1648–16W1
25April 22Orioles6–8Bassitt (1–2)Wacha (2–1)Nunez (1)14,1758–17L1
26April 24Angels6–3Cameron (2–1)Kikuchi (0–3)Erceg (6)19,0799–17W1
27April 25Angels12–1Ragans (1–4)Ureña (0–3)—22,15210–17W2
28April 26Angels11–9 (10)Erceg (2–1)Lucchesi (0–1)—11,57911–17W3
29April 28@ Athletics4–1 (10)Mears (2–1)Sterner (1–3)Erceg (7)9,27412–17W4
30April 29@ Athletics2–5Severino (2–2)Wacha (2–2)Leiter Jr. (3)9,39912–18L1
31April 30@ Athletics3–6Medina (1–1)Cameron (2–2)Perkins (3)9,33312–19L2
May: 10–18 (Home: 6–10; Road: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
32May 1@ Mariners7–6Lynch IV (1–0)Ferrer (0–1)Erceg (8)36,38413–19W1
33May 2@ Mariners3–2 (10)Strahm (1–0)Criswell (1–1)Erceg (9)42,79414–19W2
34May 3@ Mariners4–1Bubic (3–1)Castillo (0–3)Lynch IV (1)39,40815–19W3
35May 4Guardians6–2Wacha (3–2)Bibee (0–5)—16,43416–19W4
36May 5Guardians5–3Kolek (1–0)Williams (5–2)Erceg (10)13,10217–19W5
37May 6Guardians1–3Cantillo (2–1)Avila (0–2)Smith (9)13,03917–20L1
38May 7Guardians5–8Cecconi (2–4)Lugo (1–2)Smith (10)24,89217–21L2
39May 8Tigers4–3Erceg (3–1)Hurter (4–1)—29,37418–21W1
40May 9Tigers5–1Wacha (4–2)Smith (0–2)—26,72419–21W2
41May 10Tigers3–6De Jesus (2–0)Mears (2–2)Jansen (7)17,29519–22L1
42May 12@ White Sox5–6Domínguez (3–3)Strahm (1–1)Hudson (2)13,25619–23L2
43May 13@ White Sox5–6Davis (1–1)Lugo (1–3)Domínguez (10)11,90519–24L3
44May 14@ White Sox2–6Kay (3–1)Bubic (3–2)Newcomb (1)14,91319–25L4
45May 15@ Cardinals4–5 (11)Graceffo (3–1)Cruz (0–1)—26,94919–26L5
46May 16@ Cardinals2–4Leahy (5–3)Cameron (2–3)Soriano (2)32,37919–27L6
47May 17@ Cardinals2–0Kolek (2–0)Pallante (4–4)Erceg (11)38,05120–27W1
48May 18Red Sox1–3Gray (5–1)Lugo (1–4)Chapman (11)15,53120–28L1
49May 19Red Sox1–7Whitlock (3–1)Falter (0–1)—14,04720–29L2
50May 20Red Sox3–4Early (4–2)Cruz (0–2)Chapman (12)14,09120–30L3
51May 22Mariners0–2Bazardo (3–2)Mears (2–3)Muñoz (9)18,84220–31L4
52May 23Mariners5–0Kolek (3–0)Kirby (5–4)—25,54421–31W1
53May 24Mariners8–6Lugo (2–4)Woo (4–3)—25,01422–31W2
54May 25Yankees3–4Hill (2–2)Erceg (3–2)Bednar (12)26,16222–32L1
55May 26Yankees1–15Schlittler (7–2)Falter (0–2)Yarbrough (1)21,94722–33L2
56May 27Yankees0–7Cole (1–0)Cameron (2–4)—17,00722–34L3
57May 29@ Rangers1–9Gore (4–4)Kolek (3–1)—39,70422–35L4
58May 30@ Rangers6–7Gray (1–0)Erceg (3–3)—32,27022–36L5
59May 31@ Rangers3–6Leiter (3–4)Wacha (4–3)Latz (7)33,58722–37L6
June: 13–14 (Home: 4–6; Road: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
60June 1@ Reds9–2Avila (1–2)Richardson (0–1)—19,40923–37W1
61June 2@ Reds3–4 (10)Burke (2–2)Schreiber (0–3)—25,82423–38L1
62June 3@ Reds5–2Lynch IV (2–0)Santillan (1–3)Lange (1)15,95924–38W1
63June 4@ Twins8–6Strahm (2–1)Rogers (1–3)Lange (2)17,80225–38W2
64June 5@ Twins3–5Matthews (2–3)Wacha (4–4)Adams (2)19,80525–39L1
65June 6@ Twins3–2Strahm (3–1)Orze (2–2)Lange (3)20,55526–39W1
66June 7@ Twins6–5Cameron (3–4)Prielipp (2–4)Erceg (12)19,87627–39W2
67June 9Rangers5–3Cruz (1–2)Eovaldi (5–7)Lange (4)25,07528–39W3
68June 10Rangers4–6 (10)Junis (1–1)Lange (0–3)Latz (10)16,01528–40L1
69June 11Rangers2–4Ahlstrom (1–0)Wacha (4–5)Latz (11)17,62228–41L2
70June 12Astros8–10Pearson (1–0)Avila (1–3)Hader (2)25,67228–42L3
71June 13Astros7–8King (1–1)Lange (0–4)Abreu (5)17,88128–43L4
72June 14Astros4–0Kolek (4–1)Arrighetti (7–2)—23,73029–43W1
73June 15@ Nationals3–7Lord (5–0)Spence (0–1)—14,44429–44L1
74June 16@ Nationals4–6Schultz (1–2)Lynch IV (2–1)Varland (6)25,05329–45L2
75June 17@ Nationals6–2Avila (2–3)Littell (6–6)—17,64330–45W1
76June 18Cardinals14–6Cameron (4–4)Liberatore (3–4)—18,36331–45W2
77June 19Cardinals6–5Lugo (3–4)McGreevy (3–6)Lange (5)27,32332–45W3
78June 21Cardinals10–12Graceffo (5–1)Kolek (4–2)—28,30932–46L1
79June 22@ Rays2–1Wacha (5–5)Rasmussen (6–4)Lange (6)11,29833–46W1
80June 23@ Rays12–5Avila (3–3)McClanahan (6–5)—11,17134–46W2
81June 24@ Rays3–5Jax (3–5)Cameron (4–5)Baker (20)11,85734–47L1
82June 25@ Rays2–13Seymour (4–1)Lugo (3–5)—14,27634–48L2
83June 26@ White Sox1–22Sandlin (2–1)Spence (0–2)—31,13034–49L3
84June 27@ White Sox1–2Taylor (3–1)Lynch IV (2–2)—28,56934–50L4
85June 28@ White Sox5–4Cruz (2–2)Kay (6–3)Lange (7)27,30135–50W1
86June 30Rays4–10Jax (4–5)Cameron (4–6)—15,01435–51L1
July: 11–14 (Home: 7–4; Road: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
87July 1Rays0–4McClanahan (7–5)Lugo (3–6)Kelly (4)13,79835–52L2
88July 2Rays2–5Seymour (5–1)Kolek (4–3)Baker (22)16,81435–53L3
89July 4Phillies1–6Luzardo (7–4)Wacha (5–6)—30,41935–54L4
90July 5Phillies5–2Avila (4–3)Nola (3–6)Lange (8)14,89136–54W1
91July 6Phillies15–1Cameron (5–6)Sánchez (10–4)—13,49637–54W2
92July 7@ Mets16–12Way (1–0)Seelinger (0–1)—32,73438–54W3
93July 8@ Mets2–6Raley (4–3)Lange (0–5)—32,22738–55L1
94July 9@ Mets3–7Manaea (2–4)Wacha (5–7)—33,86838–56L2
95July 10@ Orioles3–5Garcia (4–1)Strahm (3–2)Kittredge (3)26,99338–57L3
96July 11@ Orioles1–6Bradish (6–9)Cameron (5–7)—28,95838–58L4
97July 12@ Orioles2–8Wolfram (2–2)Strahm (3–3)—31,35538–59L5
96th All-Star Game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
98July 17Padres7–6 (10)Erceg (4–3)Hart (0–2)—25,88439–59W1
99July 18Padres6–1Lynch IV (3–2)Canning (1–8)—23,34740–59W2
100July 19Padres2–19Matsui (1–1)Cameron (5–8)—18,38340–60L1
101July 20Giants4–3Lange (1–5)Kilian (2–6)—16,41141–60W1
102July 21Giants3–2Avila (5–3)Mahle (2–9)Lange (9)25,17542–60W2
103July 22Giants5–4Lugo (4–6)Hentges (1–3)Cruz (1)14,60643–60W3
104July 23@ Tigers3–4Anderson (4–4)Cruz (2–3)Finnegan (2)35,54843–61L1
105July 24@ Tigers1–2Skubal (7–5)Way (1–1)Jansen (12)40,63843–62L2
106July 25@ Tigers3–2Lynch IV (4–2)Waguespack (0–1)Lange (10)32,86744–62W1
107July 26@ Tigers5–4Pearson (2–0)Sommers (0–1)Cruz (2)29,48945–62W2
108July 28@ Twins2–3Anderson (1–0)Lange (1–6)—21,51845–63L1
109July 29@ Twins4–0Dobnak (1–0)Ryan (6–7)—18,72846–63W1
110July 30@ Twins3–4Gómez (2–0)Strahm (3–4)—22,94446–64L1
111July 31@ Rockies1–3Sugano (11–4)Wacha (5–8)Romano (9)39,31746–65L2
August: 16–11 (Home: 10–3; Road: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
112August 1@ Rockies6–12Feltner (4–5)Avila (5–4)—40,21646–66L3
113August 2@ Rockies1–8Freeland (3–10)Lugo (4–7)—32,22646–67L4
114August 4Twins8–2Dobnak (2–0)Ryan (6–8)—20,17747–67W1
115August 5Twins2–1Cameron (6–8)Minter (1–2)Cruz (3)13,43948–67W2
116August 6Twins3–4Funderburk (3–1)Bummer (1–2)Gómez (15)16,03648–68L1
117August 7Cubs4–6Gausman (6–10)Lynch IV (4–3)Webb (7)26,08348–69L2
118August 8Cubs6–3Lugo (5–7)Holmes (4–5)Pearson (2)32,32649–69W1
119August 9Cubs2–10Boyd (8–1)Dobnak (2–1)—24,22549–70L1
120August 10@ Dodgers5–6Dreyer (5–1)Lange (1–7)Díaz (6)51,79949–71L2
121August 11@ Dodgers4–5 (10)Halvorsen (1–1)Erceg (4–4)—49,95849–72L3
122August 12@ Dodgers2–4Lauer (7–6)Lynch IV (4–4)Knack (1)47,57849–73L4
123August 14@ Angels7–6Lange (2–7)Saucedo (0–1)Cruz (4)23,13950–73W1
124August 15@ Angels0–1Detmers (4–8)Pearson (2–1)Joyce (2)30,00250–74L1
125August 16@ Angels3–0Cameron (7–8)Johnson (2–7)—28,03651–74W1
126August 17Athletics9–5Wacha (6–8)Barnett (1–4)Cruz (5)12,43852–74W2
127August 18Athletics4–3Durán (1–0)Harris (3–2)—12,00953–74W3
128August 19Athletics9–7Kimbrel (1–2)Rom (1–1)—11,57954–74W4
129August 20Athletics6–2Thomas (1–1)Jump (5–8)—11,86755–74W5
130August 21Tigers5–2Cameron (8–8)Melton (7–2)Pearson (3)29,53556–74W6
131August 22Tigers3–1Wacha (7–8)Anderson (4–5)Kimbrel (1)23,15657–74W7
132August 23Tigers11–7Schreiber (1–3)Sears (0–1)—21,26958–74W8
133August 25@ Blue Jays5–3Lugo (6–7)Scherzer (1–7)—43,24559–74W9
134August 26@ Blue Jays0–3Dallas (2–1)Dobnak (2–2)Varland (30)42,32359–75L1
135August 27@ Blue Jays13–2Cameron (9–8)Arrighetti (7–7)—42,62160–75W1
136August 28@ Guardians3–0Wacha (8–8)Bibee (5–14)Cruz (6)31,94161–75W2
137August 29@ Guardians8–3Gose (1–0)Holderman (6–4)—31,50962–75W3
138August 30@ Guardians1–11Messick (11–8)Lugo (6–8)—28,44862–76L1
September: 2–6 (Home: 2–6; Road: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
139September 1Marlins3–6Phillips (4–6)Dobnak (2–3)—13,33062–77L2
140September 2Marlins6–9Gibson (3–1)Cuas (0–1)Faucher (3)10,91362–78L3
141September 3Marlins7–3Wacha (9–8)Alcántara (13–9)—10,80363–78W1
142September 4Blue Jays2–9Mantiply (2–0)Lynch IV (4–5)Lorenzen (1)18,21863–79L1
143September 5Blue Jays3–4Fluharty (6–1)Kimbrel (1–3)Varland (33)20,54763–80L2
144September 6Blue Jays6–1Dobnak (3–3)Arrighetti (7–9)—17,51864–80W1
145September 7Diamondbacks4–5 (10)Martínez (2–0)Kimbrel (1–4)Santana (3)18,91264–81L1
146September 8Diamondbacks3–5 (11)Walston (1–0)Gose (1–1)—13,36164–82L2
147September 9Diamondbacks—(—)(—)——
148September 11@ Red Sox—(—)(—)——
149September 12@ Red Sox—(—)(—)——
150September 13@ Red Sox—(—)(—)——
151September 15@ Astros—(—)(—)——
152September 16@ Astros—(—)(—)——
153September 17@ Astros—(—)(—)——
154September 18@ Pirates—(—)(—)——
155September 19@ Pirates—(—)(—)——
156September 20@ Pirates—(—)(—)——
157September 22White Sox—(—)(—)——
158September 23White Sox—(—)(—)——
159September 24White Sox—(—)(—)——
160September 25Guardians—(—)(—)——
161September 26Guardians—(—)(—)——
162September 27Guardians—(—)(—)——
Close

[4]

Current roster

More information Active roster, Inactive roster ...
Kansas City Royals roster
Active roster Inactive roster Coaches / other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Infielders

Manager

Coaches

60-day injured list

Close

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAOmaha Storm ChasersInternational LeaguePatrick Osborn
AANorthwest Arkansas NaturalsTexas LeagueBrooks Conrad
High-AQuad Cities River BanditsMidwest LeagueJesus Azuaje
Low-AColumbia FirefliesCarolina LeagueDavid Noworyta
RookieACL RoyalsArizona Complex LeagueLarry Sutton
DSL Royals FortunaDominican Summer LeagueRamon Martinez
DSL Royals VenturaSergio De Luna
Close

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks