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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KANSAS CITY -- Sunday started with the Royals finding out around 10:30 a.m. CT that their originally scheduled night game was being moved up three hours to 3:10 p.m. because of rain coming in the area. Most were still finishing their coffee at home or wiping the sleep from their

KANSAS CITY -- Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia still hasn’t shaken the right elbow soreness that caused him to exit Wednesday’s game in the sixth inning, with Sunday being the third consecutive day Garcia was out of the lineup. He entered as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning and remained

KANSAS CITY -- Due to inclement weather in the forecast, Sunday night’s game between the Royals and Angels has been moved up to 3:10 p.m. CT at Kauffman Stadium. Originally scheduled for 6:20 p.m. CT, the game is still set to air on NBCSN/Peacock. The Royals were not expecting tickets

KANSAS CITY – After walking a career-high eight batters in New York last weekend and using the word “unacceptable” to describe the performance, Cole Ragans badly needed a bounceback start, and the Royals badly needed one from their ace, too. They got one Saturday night.

KANSAS CITY -- Once Bobby Witt Jr. swung through the splitter that Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi threw him in the fourth inning on Friday night, Witt went into battle mode with two strikes. Witt fouled off a fastball at the top of the zone, followed by another splitter above the

The glove Matt Strahm was breaking in this week during his pregame work received a ton of compliments from his teammates because of the bright colors it featured. His response nearly every time? “Thanks, my daughter made it.”

KANSAS CITY -- Tuesday night had turned into Wednesday morning by the time Vinnie Pasquantino shut off the video and caught a few hours of sleep. Then, it was right back to work for Wednesday afternoon’s game. Such is the life for a hitter working his way out of a

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals’ new stadium saga has taken twists and turns, jumped state lines, suffered failures and gained momentum again. But in the end, the prospect of downtown baseball prevailed. The Royals announced Wednesday their intentions to move and build a new stadium and ballpark district at Crown

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals needed a win in any way, shape or form on Tuesday night, and boy did they get one, even if it was best watched peeking through your hands and holding your breath. But they can breathe easy now, or at least a little easier, because

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals returned home this week trying to dig themselves out of an early-season hole they’ve put themselves in. Monday night didn’t make it any easier with a 7-5 loss in 12 innings to the Orioles at Kauffman Stadium that saw a slim one-run lead evaporate and

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals released former first-round MLB Draft pick Asa Lacy on Monday, ending the 26-year-old’s tenure in the organization after six injury-riddled years and just 80 career innings of affiliated baseball. Lacy, the No. 4 overall pick in the 2020 Draft, came to the Kansas City organization

NEW YORK – A no good, very bad road trip has concluded for the Royals, who now head back to Kansas City hoping the home scenery will help reset them, fire them up, whatever it takes to get this thing back on track. A 7-0 loss to the Yankees on