2025 Kansas City Royals season

2025 Kansas City Royals
2025 Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	17–16 (.515)
Owners	John Sherman
General managers	J.J. Picollo
Managers	Matt Quatraro
Television	FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City
Radio	KFNZ 96.5 The Fan

The 2025 Kansas City Royals season is the 57th season for the franchise, and their 53rd at Kauffman Stadium. It is also the team's third season under the management of Matt Quatraro.

Offseason

The Royals finished the 2024 season with an 86–76 record and a wild card berth. They swept the Baltimore Orioles in the 2024 American League Wild Card Series before they lost in four games to the eventual American League champion New York Yankees.

Transactions

October 2024

Outfielder Tommy Pham, Infielder/Outfielder Adam Frazier, Infielder/Outfielder Garrett Hampson, Pitcher Will Smith, Outfielder Robbie Grossman, 1st baseman Yuli Gurriel, Pitcher Michael Lorenzen and Infielder Paul DeJong elected free agency.

November 2024

Signed pitcher Michael Wacha to a 3-year contract extension.^[1]

Acquired 2nd baseman Jonathan India and Outfielder Joey Wiemer from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Pitcher Brady Singer.^[2]

January 2025

Signed pitcher Michael Lorenzen to a 1-year contract.^[3]

Signed pitcher Carlos Estévez to a 2-year contract.^[4]

Regular season

American League Central

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AL Central
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	21	12	.636	—	13‍–‍3	8‍–‍9
Cleveland Guardians	19	14	.576	2	11‍–‍5	8‍–‍9
Kansas City Royals	17	16	.515	4	11‍–‍5	6‍–‍11
Minnesota Twins	13	20	.394	8	9‍–‍6	4‍–‍14
Chicago White Sox	9	24	.273	12	6‍–‍11	3‍–‍13

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders
Team	W	L	Pct.
Detroit Tigers	21	12	.636
Seattle Mariners	19	12	.613
New York Yankees	19	14	.576

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Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Guardians	18	14	.562	+1
Athletics	18	15	.545	+½
Boston Red Sox	18	16	.529	—
Houston Astros	17	15	.531	—
Kansas City Royals	17	16	.515	½
Toronto Blue Jays	16	16	.500	1
Texas Rangers	16	17	.485	1½
Tampa Bay Rays	15	18	.455	2½
Baltimore Orioles	13	18	.419	3½
Minnesota Twins	13	20	.394	4½
Los Angeles Angels	12	19	.387	4½
Chicago White Sox	9	24	.273	8½

Record vs. opponents

Record vs. American League

2025 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2025
Team	ATH	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Athletics	—	0–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	5–10
Baltimore	0–0	—	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–3	2–5
Boston	0–0	2–1	—	4–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–3	3–0
Chicago	0–4	0–0	3–4	—	0–3	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2
Cleveland	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	4–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–3
Detroit	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–6
Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	5–7
Kansas City	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–4	1–3	0–0	—	0–0	3–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	4–3
Minnesota	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–3	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–7
New York	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	7–5
Seattle	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–4
Tampa Bay	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–0	—	0–3	0–0	6–4
Texas	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	—	0–0	4–5
Toronto	0–0	3–3	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	—	5–4

Updated with the results of all games through April 22, 2025.

Record vs. National League

2025 American League record vs. National League v t e Source: MLB Standings
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH
Athletics	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0
Baltimore	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
Boston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0
Chicago	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–3	1–2	0–0
Kansas City	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0
Minnesota	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0
New York	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Texas	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0
Toronto	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0

Updated with the results of all games through May 1, 2025.

Game log

Legend
Royals Win	Royals Loss	Game Postponed

2025 Game Log: 17–16 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–11)

March/April: 16–15 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	March 27	Guardians	4–7 (10)	Clase (1–0)	Long (0–1)	Sewald (1)	39,393	0–1	L1
2	March 29	Guardians	4–3	Lynch IV (1–0)	Sewald (0–1)	Estévez (1)	22,015	1–1	W1
3	March 30	Guardians	2–6	Bibee (1–0)	Wacha (0–1)	—	15,414	1–2	L1
4	March 31	@ Brewers	11–1	Bubic (1–0)	Rodríguez (0–1)	—	41,922	2–2	W1
5	April 1	@ Brewers	0–5	Uribe (1–0)	Lorenzen (0–1)	—	18,008	2–3	L1
6	April 2	@ Brewers	2–3 (11)	Koenig (1–0)	Long (0–2)	—	19,112	2–4	L2
7	April 4	Orioles	8–2	Lugo (1–0)	Kremer (1–1)	—	14,196	3–4	W1
8	April 5	Orioles	1–8	Sugano (1–1)	Wacha (0–2)	—	14,383	3–5	L1
9	April 6	Orioles	4–1	Bubic (2–0)	Povich (0–1)	Estévez (2)	19,100	4–5	W1
10	April 7	Twins	4–2	Lorenzen (1–1)	Woods Richardson (0–1)	Estévez (3)	12,041	5–5	W2
11	April 8	Twins	2–1	Schreiber (1–0)	Jax (0–1)	Lynch IV (1)	13,008	6–5	W3
12	April 9	Twins	0–4	Ryan (1–1)	Lugo (1–1)	—	13,156	6–6	L1
13	April 10	Twins	3–2	Lynch IV (2–0)	Sands (1–1)	Estévez (4)	14,730	7–6	W1
14	April 11	@ Guardians	0–7	Herrin (2–0)	Bubic (2–1)	—	15,430	7–7	L1
15	April 12	@ Guardians	3–6	Ortiz (1–2)	Lorenzen (1–2)	—	20,256	7–8	L2
16	April 13	@ Guardians	4–2	Ragans (1–0)	Lively (0–2)	Estévez (5)	17,864	8–8	W1
17	April 14	@ Yankees	1–4	Carrasco (2–1)	Lugo (1–2)	Williams (2)	42,648	8–9	L1
18	April 15	@ Yankees	2–4	Fried (3–0)	Wacha (0–3)	Williams (3)	43,601	8–10	L2
19	April 16	@ Yankees	3–4	Leiter Jr. (2–1)	Schreiber (1–1)	Cruz (1)	43,720	8–11	L3
20	April 17	@ Tigers	1–6	Olson (2–1)	Lorenzen (1–3)	Kahnle (3)	15,769	8–12	L4
21	April 18	@ Tigers	3–7	Jobe (2–0)	Ragans (1–1)	Kahnle (4)	25,754	8–13	L5
22	April 19	@ Tigers	1–3	Mize (3–1)	Lugo (1–3)	Vest (1)	32,043	8–14	L6
23	April 20	@ Tigers	4–3 (10)	Estévez (1–0)	Holton (1–2)	—	17,712	9–14	W1
24	April 22	Rockies	4–3 (11)	Lynch IV (3–0)	Kinley (0–1)	—	14,567	10–14	W2
―	April 23	Rockies	Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 24
25	April 24 (1)	Rockies	7–4	Zerpa (1–0)	Márquez (0–4)	Estévez (6)	see 2nd game	11–14	W3
26	April 24 (1)	Rockies	6–2	Lorenzen (2–3)	Dollander (1–3)	—	15,601	12–14	W4
27	April 25	Astros	2–0	Lugo (2–3)	Wesneski (1–2)	Erceg (1)	19,003	13–14	W5
28	April 26	Astros	2–0	Wacha (1–3)	Valdez (1–3)	Estévez (7)	25,378	14–14	W6
29	April 27	Astros	3–7	Brown (4–1)	Bubic (2–2)	—	21,171	14–15	L1
30	April 29	@ Rays	3–1	Lorenzen (3–3)	Bradley (2–2)	Estévez (8)	10,046	15–15	W1
31	April 30	@ Rays	3–0	Cameron (1–0)	Rasmussen (1–2)	Estévez (9)	10,046	16–15	W2

May: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
32	May 1	@ Rays	8–2	Lugo (3–3)	Baz (3–1)	—	8,794	17–15	W3
33	May 2	@ Orioles	0–3	Kremer (3–4)	Wacha (1–4)	Bautista (6)	26,364	17–16	L1
34	May 3	@ Orioles	–			—		–
35	May 4	@ Orioles	–			—		–
36	May 5	White Sox	–			—		–
37	May 6	White Sox	–			—		–
38	May 7	White Sox	–			—		–
39	May 8	White Sox	–			—		–
40	May 9	Red Sox	–			—		–
41	May 10	Red Sox	–			—		–
42	May 11	Red Sox	–			—		–
43	May 12	@ Astros	–			—		–
44	May 13	@ Astros	–			—		–
45	May 14	@ Astros	–			—		–
46	May 16	Cardinals	–			—		–
47	May 17	Cardinals	–			—		–
48	May 18	Cardinals	–			—		–
49	May 19	@ Giants	–			—		–
50	May 20	@ Giants	–			—		–
51	May 21	@ Giants	–			—		–
52	May 23	@ Twins	–			—		–
53	May 24	@ Twins	–			—		–
54	May 25	@ Twins	–			—		–
55	May 26	Reds	–			—		–
56	May 27	Reds	–			—		–
57	May 28	Reds	–			—		–
58	May 30	Tigers	–			—		–
59	May 31	Tigers	–			—		–

June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
60	June 1	Tigers	–	—	–
61	June 3	@ Cardinals	–	—	–
62	June 4	@ Cardinals	–	—	–
63	June 5	@ Cardinals	–	—	–
64	June 6	@ White Sox	–	—	–
65	June 7	@ White Sox	–	—	–
66	June 8	@ White Sox	–	—	–
67	June 10	Yankees	–	—	–
68	June 11	Yankees	–	—	–
69	June 12	Yankees	–	—	–
70	June 13	Athletics	–	—	–
71	June 14	Athletics	–	—	–
72	June 15	Athletics	–	—	–
73	June 17	@ Rangers	–	—	–
74	June 18	@ Rangers	–	—	–
75	June 19	@ Rangers	–	—	–
76	June 20	@ Padres	–	—	–
77	June 21	@ Padres	–	—	–
78	June 22	@ Padres	–	—	–
79	June 24	Rays	–	—	–
80	June 25	Rays	–	—	–
81	June 26	Rays	–	—	–
82	June 27	Dodgers	–	—	–
83	June 28	Dodgers	–	—	–
84	June 29	Dodgers	–	—	–
85	June 30	@ Mariners	–	—	–

July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
86	July 1	@ Mariners	–	—	–
87	July 2	@ Mariners	–	—	–
88	July 3	@ Mariners	–	—	–
89	July 4	@ Diamondbacks	–	—	–
90	July 5	@ Diamondbacks	–	—	–
91	July 6	@ Diamondbacks	–	—	–
92	July 7	Pirates	–	—	–
93	July 8	Pirates	–	—	–
94	July 9	Pirates	–	—	–
95	July 11	Mets	–	—	–
96	July 12	Mets	–	—	–
97	July 13	Mets	–	—	–
95th All-Star Game in Cumberland, Georgia
98	July 18	@ Marlins	–	—	–
99	July 19	@ Marlins	–	—	–
100	July 20	@ Marlins	–	—	–
101	July 21	@ Cubs	–	—	–
102	July 22	@ Cubs	–	—	–
103	July 23	@ Cubs	–	—	–
104	July 25	Guardians	–	—	–
105	July 26	Guardians	–	—	–
106	July 27	Guardians	–	—	–
107	July 28	Braves	–	—	–
108	July 29	Braves	–	—	–
109	July 30	Braves	–	—	–

August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
110	August 1	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
111	August 2	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
112	August 3	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
113	August 4	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
114	August 5	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
115	August 6	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
116	August 8	@ Twins	–	—	–
117	August 9	@ Twins	–	—	–
118	August 10	@ Twins	–	—	–
119	August 11	Nationals	–	—	–
120	August 12	Nationals	–	—	–
121	August 13	Nationals	–	—	–
122	August 15	White Sox	–	—	–
123	August 16	White Sox	–	—	–
124	August 17	White Sox	–	—	–
125	August 18	Rangers	–	—	–
126	August 19	Rangers	–	—	–
127	August 20	Rangers	–	—	–
128	August 21	Rangers	–	—	–
129	August 22	@ Tigers	–	—	–
130	August 23	@ Tigers	–	—	–
131	August 24	@ Tigers	–	—	–
132	August 25	@ White Sox	–	—	–
133	August 26	@ White Sox	–	—	–
134	August 27	@ White Sox	–	—	–
135	August 29	Tigers	–	—	–
136	August 30	Tigers	–	—	–
137	August 31	Tigers	–	—	–

September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
138	September 2	Angels	–	—	–
139	September 3	Angels	–	—	–
140	September 4	Angels	–	—	–
141	September 5	Twins	–	—	–
142	September 6	Twins	–	—	–
143	September 7	Twins	–	—	–
144	September 8	@ Guardians	–	—	–
145	September 9	@ Guardians	–	—	–
146	September 10	@ Guardians	–	—	–
147	September 11	@ Guardians	–	—	–
148	September 12	@ Phillies	–	—	–
149	September 13	@ Phillies	–	—	–
150	September 14	@ Phillies	–	—	–
151	September 16	Mariners	–	—	–
152	September 17	Mariners	–	—	–
153	September 18	Mariners	–	—	–
154	September 19	Blue Jays	–	—	–
155	September 20	Blue Jays	–	—	–
156	September 21	Blue Jays	–	—	–
157	September 23	@ Angels	–	—	–
158	September 24	@ Angels	–	—	–
159	September 25	@ Angels	–	—	–
160	September 26	@ Athletics	–	—	–
161	September 27	@ Athletics	–	—	–
162	September 28	@ Athletics	–	—	–

Current roster

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaches / other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Infielders

12 Nick Loftin
2 Tyler Tolbert

Outfielders

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)
70 Joe Dillon (assistant hitting)
82 Miguel Garcia (coach)
83 Juan Graterol (bullpen catcher)
39 Damon Hollins (first base)
49 Paul Hoover (bench)
57 Mitch Stetter (bullpen)
85 Brian Sweeney (pitching)
25 Vance Wilson (third base)
37 Alec Zumwalt (hitting)

60-day injured list

48 Alec Marsh
66 James McArthur

26 active, 14 inactive
7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list
^# Personal leave
Roster and coaches updated May 2, 2025
Transactions • Depth chart
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Farm system

Level	Team	League
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

^ Rogers, Anne (November 3, 2024). "Wacha 'fell in love' with KC, inks new 3-year deal". Retrieved February 5, 2025.
^ Sheldon, Mark (November 22, 2024). "Reds trade for Singer, send India, Wiemer to Royals". Retrieved February 5, 2025.
^ Rogers, Anne (January 8, 2025). "'We're going to win': Lorenzen reunites with Royals on 1-year deal". Retrieved February 5, 2025.
^ Rogers, Anne; Casella, Paul (January 31, 2025). "Royals finalize 2-year deal with Estévez to strengthen bullpen". Retrieved February 5, 2025.

External links

2025 Kansas City Royals season at Baseball Reference

[1] Rogers, Anne (November 3, 2024). "Wacha 'fell in love' with KC, inks new 3-year deal". Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[2] Sheldon, Mark (November 22, 2024). "Reds trade for Singer, send India, Wiemer to Royals". Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[3] Rogers, Anne (January 8, 2025). "'We're going to win': Lorenzen reunites with Royals on 1-year deal". Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[4] Rogers, Anne; Casella, Paul (January 31, 2025). "Royals finalize 2-year deal with Estévez to strengthen bullpen". Retrieved February 5, 2025.

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