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

NEW YORK – Salvador Perez returned to Kansas City's lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium, a day after taking exception for the stated reason why he didn’t play in Saturday’s game. Manager Matt Quatraro said Saturday that the off-day was to try to give Perez

NEW YORK -- For the first time this season, Salvador Perez wasn’t in the lineup in Saturday afternoon's 13-4 loss to the Yankees, with the Royals instead giving their veteran catcher a “mental breather,” according to manager Matt Quatraro. Perez, though, didn't appear to agree with the assessment, tweeting, "I

NEW YORK – Every game the Royals had played dating back to April 9 – nine days ago entering Saturday – had been close, decided by two runs or fewer. In some ways that made the six losses in that span even more frustrating, the allure of being right there

NEW YORK – Saturday afternoon’s 13-4 loss at Yankee Stadium had barely started before Matt Quatraro was forced to take an early exit. The Royals’ manager was ejected in the middle of the first inning for arguing with the umpiring crew about a lack of a balk call on Yankees

NEW YORK – The momentum and energy from Vinnie Pasquantino’s game-tying home run in the eighth inning lasted less than 10 minutes before the Yankees delivered an even bigger swing to retake the lead and land one final blow on the Royals on Friday night in the Bronx. One punch

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KANSAS CITY -- The Royals and White Sox started their four-game series at Kauffman Stadium this weekend combining for six runs total in the first three games, with the White Sox getting shut out twice and the Royals shut out once.