CHICAGO -- The Royals were four games below .500 when they began a 10-game stretch against American League Central opponents on May 4. They wanted to seize the opportunity ahead of them as they began the month playing better overall. They worked their way up to 17-19 at one point

CHICAGO – In 2024 and ‘25, the Royals won 22 of 26 games against the White Sox, a continuous drubbing that helped Kansas City in the American League Central and its playoff pushes while pushing Chicago to the bottom of baseball in standings and record, with its 223 total losses

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CHICAGO – For eight games over the past week and a half, the Royals’ catcher was someone other than Salvador Perez, a rarity for as long as the 36-year-old catcher has been with Kansas City. Instead, Perez put together a longer stint as the Royals’ designated hitter and was out

KANSAS CITY – Noah Cameron was in the middle of his warmup pitches in the bullpen on Sunday night when he stopped for just a second to take a peek at the mound he was set to climb shortly for his start against the Tigers at Kauffman Stadium.

KANSAS CITY – Bobby Witt Jr. flew around the bases so fast it was only right he eventually took flight. The Royals speedster capped his electrifying two-run inside-the-park home run on Saturday night with his favorite way to slide into home plate: An all-out dive, arms and legs outstretched, landing

KANSAS CITY – Kyle Isbel is not one of the loudest talkers the Royals have in their clubhouse, preferring to let his work on the field and preparation off it speak more than anything else. On Friday night, he was loud and clear.

KANSAS CITY – The Royals provided more clarity on two of their injured pitchers and made a flurry of roster moves ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Tigers at Kauffman Stadium. Starter Cole Ragans was placed on the 15-day injured list with left elbow impingement as he deals with

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KANSAS CITY – The Royals faced a three-run deficit four batters into Thursday’s game against the Guardians, and no matter what the offense did later in the game to try to close the gap, they never got close enough to overcome it. The result was an 8-5 loss to the

KANSAS CITY -- Carlos Estévez began his rehab assignment on Wednesday in hopes of looking more like the closer the Royals relied on so heavily at the back end of the bullpen in 2025. Three batters into the outing with Triple-A Omaha, Estévez was exiting with shoulder discomfort, motioning to

KANSAS CITY -- After just 58 pitches thrown across three innings, starter Cole Ragans exited the Royals' 3-1 loss to the Guardians on Wednesday with left triceps and elbow soreness. He’ll undergo further testing and evaluation on Thursday to determine the severity and next steps. Ragans said he felt tightness

KANSAS CITY -- A shift in the pitching plans for Tuesday’s game against the Guardians hardly changed anything at all for the Royals as they turned to Stephen Kolek, the next man up in the rotation, and just kept rolling along in the win column. Kolek tossed a quality spot

KANSAS CITY -- Left-handed starter Noah Cameron was scratched from Tuesday’s start against the Guardians at Kauffman Stadium with low back tightness, but the Royals don’t expect him to miss much more time and were already encouraged by how Cameron was progressing by Tuesday afternoon. Cameron said he would be

KANSAS CITY -- On a night in which the first 15,000 fans at Kauffman Stadium received a Jac Caglianone Blazin’ Bat bobblehead, it only makes sense that Caglianone would homer in the Royals’ 6-2 win over the Guardians on Monday. And the bat was indeed blazin’. An up-and-in fastball from

KANSAS CITY -- The seven-game homestand the Royals kicked off on Monday night is as important as a homestand in early May can be with four games against the Guardians and three against the Tigers. Not to mention heading on the road next week to face the White Sox in

KANSAS CITY -- The next step toward the Royals hopefully getting their bullpen back together will take place Tuesday night when Carlos Estévez begins his rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha. But there are still plenty of questions to answer before the Royals reconfigure their ‘pen when Estévez returns. At the

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WEST SACRAMENTO -- Maikel Garcia was bent over in pain after a 106.5 mph line drive off the bat of the Athletics' Darell Hernaiz hit Garcia’s thumb instead of his glove as he intended to snag it. As a trainer and manager Matt Quatraro checked on him, Garcia’s infield teammates

WEST SACRAMENTO – The Royals and A’s have traded big hits in the first two games of this series at Sutter Health Park, and that sets up an important rubber match Thursday. And the Royals will face not just the question of whether they can get out of West Sacramento

WEST SACRAMENTO – The Royals will be without two young starters whom they expected to contribute for them in 2026, including one who was at the top of the starting depth chart.

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Vinnie Pasquantino exited Tuesday’s 4-1 win over the A’s with low back tightness, something he’s been dealing with for “a while,” he said. He was not in the lineup for Wednesday’s game against the A’s either. Pasquantino saw 19 pitches between his first two plate appearances on

WEST SACRAMENTO – It was late in Kansas City, but Bobby Witt Jr. might have awakened everyone from out here on the West Coast. A three-run, opposite-field home run in the top of the 10th inning powered the Royals to a 4-1 series-opening win over the A’s at Sutter Health

WEST SACRAMENTO – Jonathan India’s 2026 is over just a month into the season after the Royals second baseman underwent labral repair surgery on his left shoulder on Tuesday. India has been on the injured list with left shoulder subluxation since April 20. He received an injection around that date

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