2023 Kansas City Royals season

The 2023 Kansas City Royals season was the 55th season for the franchise, and their 51st at Kauffman Stadium. It was also the team's first season under the management of Matt Quatraro. They were eliminated from playoff contention on August 29 for the eighth consecutive season. Their 56-106 record tied the 2005 season for the lowest win percentage (.346) in franchise history.

2023 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record56–106 (.346)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersJohn Sherman
General managersJ.J. Picollo
ManagersMatt Quatraro
Local televisionBally Sports Kansas City
Local radioKCSP 610 AM
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Offseason

The Royals finished the 2022 season 65–97, 27 games out of first place.[1] They missed the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.

On October 5, 2022, the Royals fired manager Mike Matheny shortly after the season ended. Matheny went 165–219 (.430) over three seasons with the team.[2]

Rule changes

Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes will be in place for the 2023 season:[3]

  • institution of a pitch clock between pitches;
  • limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance;
  • limits on defensive shifts requiring two infielders to be on either side of second and be within the boundary of the infield; and
  • larger bases (increased to 18-inch squares);

Regular season

American League Central

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 8775 0.537 47–34 40–41
Detroit Tigers 7884 0.481 9 37–44 41–40
Cleveland Guardians 7686 0.469 11 42–39 34–47
Chicago White Sox 61101 0.377 26 31–50 30–51
Kansas City Royals 56106 0.346 31 33–48 23–58

American League Wild Card

Division leaders W L Pct.
Baltimore Orioles 10161 0.623
Houston Astros 9072 0.556
Minnesota Twins 8775 0.537


Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 9963 0.611 +10
Texas Rangers 9072 0.556 +1
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549
Seattle Mariners 8874 0.543 1
New York Yankees 8280 0.506 7
Boston Red Sox 7884 0.481 11
Detroit Tigers 7884 0.481 11
Cleveland Guardians 7686 0.469 13
Los Angeles Angels 7389 0.451 16
Chicago White Sox 61101 0.377 28
Kansas City Royals 56106 0.346 33
Oakland Athletics 50112 0.309 39

Record against opponents

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2023

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore 7–64–23–46–13–35–15–24–27–66–14–28–53–310–326–20
Boston 6–72–43–35–12–55–23–44–39–44–23–32–113–37–620–26
Chicago 2–44–28–55–83–46–73–44–94–23–42–41–61–50–615–31
Cleveland 4–33–35–84–92–47–63–47–62–45–14–33–33–34–320–26
Detroit 1–61–58–59–43–310–33–38–52–53–43–31–53–42–422–24
Houston 3–35–24–34–23–31–59–42–42–510–34–93–39–43–428–18
Kansas City 1–52–57–66–73–105–12–44–92–42–41–63–41–51–616–30
Los Angeles 2–54–34–34–33–34–94–23–34–27–65–82–46–72–419–27
Minnesota 2–43–49–46–75–84–29–43–34–35–13–41–55–23–325–21
New York 6–74–92–44–25–25–24–22–43–45–14–25–83–47–623–23
Oakland 1–62–44–31–54–33–104–26–71–51–51–122–54–92–414–32
Seattle 2–43–34–23–43–39–46–18–54–32–412–13–44–93–322–24
Tampa Bay 5–811–26–13–35–13–34–34–25–18–55–24–32–47–627–19
Texas 3–33–35–13–34–34–95–17–62–54–39–49–44–26–122–24
Toronto 3–106–76–03–44–24–36–14–23–36–74–23–36–71–630–16

Updated with the results of all games through October 1, 2023.

Roster

2023 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Nick Pratto shown during the Royals' May 30 game against the Cardinals.
Starting pitcher Zack Greinke has a mound visit.

Game log

Legend
Royals Win Royals Loss Game Postponed Eliminated from playoff race
2023 Game Log: 56–106 (Home: 33–48; Away: 23–58)
March/April: 7–22 (Home: 1–12; Away: 6–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 30Twins0–2López (1–0)Greinke (0–1)Durán (1)38,3510–1L1
2April 1Twins0–2Gray (1–0)Lyles (0–1)López (1)16,6330–2L2
3April 2Twins4–7Ryan (1–0)Keller (0–1)14,5890–3L3
4April 3Blue Jays9–5Singer (1–0)Berríos (0–1)10,8101–3W1
5April 4Blue Jays1–4Kikuchi (1–0)Bubic (0–1)Romano (2)12,1231–4L1
6April 5Blue Jays0–3Manoah (1–0)Greinke (0–2)Romano (3)10,0151–5L2
7April 6Blue Jays3–6Gausman (1–1)Lyles (0–2)Cimber (1)10,4011–6L3
8April 7@ Giants3–1Keller (1–1)Cobb (0–1)Barlow (1)40,7112–6W1
9April 8@ Giants6–5Clarke (1–0)Doval (0–1)Chapman (1)35,1263–6W2
10April 9@ Giants1–3Brebbia (1–0)Yarbrough (0–1)Rogers (1)30,2073–7L1
11April 10@ Rangers2–11Heaney (1–1)Greinke (0–3)17,4303–8L2
12April 11@ Rangers5–8 (10)Ragans (2–0)Barlow (0–1)17,7603–9L3
13April 12@ Rangers10–1Keller (2–1)Eovaldi (1–2)18,3804–9W1
14April 14Braves3–10Morton (2–1)Singer (1–1)20,1864–10L1
15April 15Braves3–9Elder (2–0)Bubic (0–2)17,6444–11L2
16April 16Braves4–5Anderson (1–0)Barlow (0–2)Minter (3)22,0404–12L3
17April 17Rangers0–4Dunning (1–0)Lyles (0–3)11,0684–13L4
18April 18Rangers2–12Eovaldi (2–2)Keller (2–2)12,1184–14L5
19April 19Rangers3–12Pérez (3–1)Singer (1–2)10,3884–15L6
20April 21@ Angels0–2Ohtani (3–0)Yarbrough (0–2)Quijada (4)44,7414–16L7
21April 22@ Angels11–8Cuas (1–0)Quijada (0–1)Barlow (2)44,1485–16W1
22April 23@ Angels3–4Warren (1–0)Lyles (0–4)Estévez (3)36,0165–17L1
23April 24@ Diamondbacks4–5Chafin (2–0)Chapman (0–1)9,8155–18L2
24April 25@ Diamondbacks5–4Singer (2–2)Nelson (1–1)Barlow (3)13,8356–18W1
25April 26@ Diamondbacks0–2Gallen (4–1)Yarbrough (0–3)Chafin (4)14,3436–19L1
26April 27@ Twins1–7Stewart (1–0)Greinke (0–4)12,8626–20L2
27April 28@ Twins6–8López (2–2)Lyles (0–5)López (2)11,7546–21L3
28April 29@ Twins3–2Chapman (1–1)Durán (0–1)Barlow (4)22,8837–21W1
29April 30@ Twins4–8Gray (4–0)Singer (2–3)Durán (6)17,1507–22L1
May: 10–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
30May 2Orioles7–11Wells (2–1)Yarbrough (0–4)10,4877–23L2
31May 3Orioles6–0Greinke (1–4)Gibson (4–1)10,3628–23W1
32May 4Orioles10–13Canó (1–0)Chapman (1–2)11,5148–24L1
33May 5Athletics8–12Muller (1–2)Keller (2–3)15,9668–25L2
34May 6Athletics4–5Waldichuk (1–2)Singer (2–4)Jackson (1)29,5498–26L3
35May 7Athletics5–1Yarbrough (1–4)Miller (0–2)12,7409–26W1
36May 8White Sox12–5Cuas (2–0)Cease (2–2)9,81410–26W2
37May 9White Sox2–4Giolito (2–2)Lyles (0–6)Graveman (1)11,25810–27L1
38May 10White Sox9–1Keller (3–3)Lynn (1–5)12,18711–27W1
39May 11White Sox4–3Barlow (1–2)López (0–3)20,32112–27W2
40May 12@ Brewers1–5Burnes (4–2)Taylor (0–1)24,90012–28L1
41May 13@ Brewers3–4Williams (3–0)Hernández (0–1)35,76612–29L2
42May 14@ Brewers6–9Lauer (4–4)Lyles (0–7)33,18812–30L3
43May 15@ Padres0–4Wacha (4–1)Keller (3–4)43,82812–31L4
44May 16@ Padres5–4Singer (3–4)Lugo (3–3)Barlow (5)36,06013–31W1
45May 17@ Padres4–3Taylor (1–1)Darvish (2–3)Barlow (6)31,41614–31W2
46May 19@ White Sox0–2Kopech (2–4)Greinke (1–5)Graveman (3)20,32914–32L1
47May 20@ White Sox1–5Giolito (3–3)Lyles (0–8)23,98414–33L2
48May 21@ White Sox2–5Lynn (3–5)Castillo (0–1)Kelly (1)23,55614–34L3
49May 22Tigers5–8 (10)Lange (2–0)Barlow (1–3)Cisnero (1)14,22914–35L4
50May 23Tigers4–1Cuas (3–0)Rodríguez (4–4)Chapman (2)13,44315–35W1
51May 24Tigers4–6Vest (1–0)Taylor (1–2)Lange (9)11,89815–36L1
52May 26Nationals10–12Corbin (4–5)Lyles (0–9)Kuhl (1)15,87815–37L2
53May 27Nationals2–4Thompson (3–2)Taylor (1–3)Finnegan (11)19,13015–38L3
54May 28Nationals3–2Barlow (2–3)Kuhl (0–3)18,31916–38W1
55May 29@ Cardinals7–0Mayers (1–0)Wainwright (2–1)45,91117–38W2
56May 30@ Cardinals1–2Mikolas (4–1)Hernández (0–2)Gallegos (7)38,40617–39L1
June: 6–20 (Home: 3–10; Away: 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
57June 2Rockies2–7Suter (4–0)Hernández (0–3)23,48217–40L2
58June 3Rockies4–6Carasiti (1–0)Lynch (0–1)Lawrence (2)16,49217–41L3
59June 4Rockies2–0Singer (4–4)Freeland (4–7)Barlow (7)13,12818–41W1
60June 5@ Marlins6–9Garrett (2–2)Mayers (1–1)Floro (7)7,23218–42L1
61June 6@ Marlins1–6Luzardo (5–4)Greinke (1–6)7,34218–43L2
62June 7@ Marlins1–6Cabrera (5–4)Lyles (0–10)7,67318–44L3
63June 9@ Orioles2–3Wells (5–2)Lynch (0–2)Bautista (17)18,07618–45L4
64June 10@ Orioles1–6Irvin (1–2)Singer (4–5)34,13618–46L5
65June 11@ Orioles3–11Gibson (8–3)Mayers (1–2)23,25518–47L6
66June 12Reds4–5 (10)Farmer (2–3)Hernández (0–4)Karcher (1)20,50018–48L7
67June 13Reds4–5Williamson (1–0)Lyles (0–11)Díaz (16)16,93118–49L8
68June 14Reds4–7Lively (4–4)Lynch (0–3)Díaz (17)13,73118–50L9
69June 16Angels0–3Sandoval (4–6)Singer (4–6)Bachman (1)19,38418–51L10
70June 17Angels10–9Chapman (2–2)Devenski (3–1)21,05619–51W1
71June 18Angels2–5Anderson (4–1)Greinke (1–7)Estévez (19)24,38519–52L1
72June 19@ Tigers4–6Alexander (2–1)Clarke (1–1)Lange (11)18,43819–53L2
73June 20@ Tigers1–0Lynch (1–3)Lorenzen (2–5)Barlow (8)18,40920–53W1
74June 21@ Tigers4–9Boyd (5–5)Singer (4–7)20,19520–54L1
75June 22@ Rays6–5Chapman (3–2)Fairbanks (0–2)Barlow (9)10,43621–54W1
76June 23@ Rays3–11Eflin (9–3)Greinke (1–8)16,18921–55L1
77June 24@ Rays9–4Lyles (1–11)Chirinos (3–3)20,88422–55W1
78June 25@ Rays1–3Poche (5–2)Clarke (1–2)Fairbanks (8)18,44222–56L1
79June 27Guardians1–2Stephan (4–3)Barlow (2–4)Clase (24)15,71822–57L2
80June 28Guardians1–14Sandlin (4–3)Cox (0–1)11,97822–58L3
81June 29Guardians4–3 (10)Chapman (4–2)Clase (1–5)12,41423–58W1
82June 30Dodgers3–9Miller (4–1)Marsh (0–1)22,00623–59L1
July: 9–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 2–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
83July 1Dodgers6–4Lynch (2–3)Urías (5–5)Barlow (10)21,00424–59W1
84July 2Dodgers9–1Singer (5–7)Gonsolin (4–3)19,05825–59W2
85July 3@ Twins4–8Headrick (2–0)Clarke (1–3)28,21825–60L1
86July 4@ Twins3–9Maeda (2–5)Greinke (1–9)25,03325–61L2
87July 5@ Twins0–5López (5–5)Marsh (0–2)19,69225–62L3
88July 6@ Guardians1–6Morgan (4–1)Garrett (0–1)17,46425–63L4
89July 7@ Guardians0–3Civale (3–2)Lynch (2–4)Clase (25)29,99025–64L5
90July 8@ Guardians6–10Williams (1–1)Singer (5–8)30,86425–65L6
91July 9@ Guardians4–1Yarbrough (2–4)Bieber (5–6)Barlow (11)25,91126–65W1
93rd All-Star Game in Seattle, Washington
July 14RaysPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 15
92July 15 (1)Rays1–6Glasnow (3–3)Marsh (0–3)15,42826–66L1
93July 15 (2)Rays2–4Poche (7–2)Hernández (0–5)Fairbanks (10)18,05226–67L2
94July 16Rays8–4Singer (6–8)Eflin (10–5)15,63227–67W1
95July 17Tigers2–3White (2–2)Clarke (1–4)Lange (15)19,44027–68L1
96July 18Tigers11–10Lynch (3–4)Skubal (0–1)18,44828–68W1
97July 19Tigers2–3Rodríguez (6–5)Yarbrough (2–5)Lange (16)17,90328–69L1
98July 20Tigers0–3Lorenzen (5–6)Greinke (1–10)Foley (4)11,47828–70L2
99July 21@ Yankees4–5Schmidt (6–6)Marsh (0–4)Holmes (12)46,24228–71L3
100July 22@ Yankees2–5Peralta (3–1)Hernández (0–6)Holmes (13)44,40128–72L4
101July 23@ Yankees5–8Severino (2–4)Lyles (1–12)44,13028–73L5
102July 24@ Guardians5–3Yarbrough (3–5)Allen (4–3)Barlow (12)19,63029–73W1
103July 25@ Guardians1–5Civale (4–2)Greinke (1–11)22,17729–74L1
104July 26@ Guardians3–8Sandlin (5–3)Marsh (0–5)26,69929–75L2
105July 28Twins8–5 (10)Clarke (2–4)Durán (2–5)23,02230–75W1
106July 29Twins10–7Lyles (2–12)Ober (6–5)Barlow (13)20,64331–75W2
107July 30Twins2–1Yarbrough (4–5)Maeda (2–6)Hernández (1)13,75232–75W3
August: 9–19 (Home: 5–7; Away: 4–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
108August 1Mets7–6 (10)Hernández (1–6)Raley (0–2)16,14033–75W4
109August 2Mets4–0Ragans (3–3)Senga (7–6)13,63034–75W5
110August 3Mets9–2Singer (7–8)Carrasco (3–6)11,92635–75W6
111August 4@ Phillies7–5Lyles (3–12)Nola (9–8)Cox (1)36,51036–75W7
112August 5@ Phillies6–9Strahm (7–3)Zerpa (0–1)Kimbrel (19)42,32636–76L1
113August 6@ Phillies4–8Walker (13–4)Greinke (1–12)43,11236–77L2
114August 7@ Red Sox2–6Jansen (3–5)Hernández (1–7)32,73236–78L3
115August 8@ Red Sox9–3Singer (8–8)Crawford (5–6)30,99737–78W1
116August 9@ Red Sox3–4Pivetta (8–6)Lyles (3–13)Jansen (25)35,49537–79L1
117August 10@ Red Sox0–2Paxton (7–3)Marsh (0–6)Jansen (26)31,95237–80L2
118August 11Cardinals12–8Zerpa (1–1)Wainwright (3–7)26,27138–80W1
119August 12Cardinals4–5Matz (4–7)Ragans (3–4)Romero (2)37,01638–81L1
120August 14Mariners7–6Wittgren (1–0)Brash (8–4)11,87839–81W1
121August 15Mariners8–10 (10)Muñoz (3–5)Davidson (1–2)Saucedo (1)12,75939–82L1
122August 16Mariners5–6Castillo (9–7)Coleman (0–1)Brash (3)11,09139–83L2
123August 17Mariners4–6Campbell (3–0)Hernández (1–8)Brash (4)10,87539–84L3
124August 18@ Cubs4–3Ragans (4–4)Taillon (7–8)Hernández (2)37,93640–84W1
125August 19@ Cubs4–6Steele (14–3)Singer (8–9)Alzolay (17)39,52540–85L1
126August 20@ Cubs3–4Hendricks (5–6)Lyles (3–14)Alzolay (18)36,94940–86L2
127August 21@ Athletics4–6May (4–4)Coleman (0–2)3,09540–87L3
128August 22@ Athletics4–5Harris (3–6)Zerpa (1–2)May (13)4,02140–88L4
129August 23@ Athletics4–0Ragans (5–4)Martínez (0–2)Hernández (3)5,07541–88W1
130August 25@ Mariners5–7Campbell (4–0)Singer (8–10)Muñoz (9)45,17541–89L1
131August 26@ Mariners2–15Gilbert (12–5)Lyles (3–15)41,74441–90L2
132August 27@ Mariners2–3Castillo (11–7)Marsh (0–7)Muñoz (10)38,82941–91L3
133August 28Pirates0–5Oviedo (8–13)Greinke (1–13)11,61041–92L4
134August 29Pirates3–6Ortiz (3–4)Hernández (1–9)11,23341–93L5
135August 30Pirates1–4Jackson (1–1)Zerpa (1–3)Bednar (29)10,59241–94L6
September/October: 15–12 (Home: 10–5; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
136September 1Red Sox13–2Lyles (4–15)Paxton (7–5)15,47042–94W1
137September 2Red Sox5–9Houck (4–8)Marsh (0–8)Pivetta (1)20,52742–95L1
138September 3Red Sox3–7Sale (6–3)Greinke (1–14)15,78542–96L2
139September 4White Sox12–1Ragans (6–4)Scholtens (1–7)10,64643–96W1
140September 5White Sox7–6Kowar (1–0)Santos (2–2)10,39544–96W2
141September 6White Sox4–6Toussaint (3–7)Lyles (4–16)Shaw (2)11,04644–97L1
142September 8@ Blue Jays4–5Green (2–0)Hernández (1–10)Romano (33)26,49344–98L2
143September 9@ Blue Jays1–5Gausman (11–8)Greinke (1–15)41,44344–99L3
144September 10@ Blue Jays2–5Berríos (10–10)Clarke (2–5)Romano (34)35,27544–100L4
September 11@ White SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 12
146September 12 (1)@ White Sox2–6Cease (7–7)Singer (8–11)Santos (5)see 2nd game44–101L5
146September 12 (2)@ White Sox11–10Clarke (3–5)García (0–1)Hernández (4)14,82445–101W1
147September 13@ White Sox7–1Marsh (1–8)Clevinger (7–8)15,59346–101W2
148September 15Astros4–2Zerpa (2–3)Javier (9–4)Clarke (1)15,46547–101W3
149September 16Astros10–8McArthur (1–0)Neris (6–3)Clarke (2)19,55748–101W4
150September 17Astros1–7Valdez (12–10)Lyles (4–17)15,31148–102L1
151September 18Guardians6–4Kowar (2–0)Stephan (6–7)McArthur (1)9,73649–102W1
152September 19Guardians7–6Marsh (2–8)Allen (7–8)Snider (1)15,25450–102W2
153September 20Guardians6–2Zerpa (3–3)Giolito (8–14)12,16251–102W3
154September 22@ Astros7–5Ragans (7–4)Valdez (12–11)McArthur (2)41,03352–102W4
155September 23@ Astros3–2Lyles (5–17)France (11–6)Clarke (3)41,69253–102W5
156September 24@ Astros6–5Marsh (3–8)Brown (11–13)McArthur (3)41,43854–102W6
157September 26@ Tigers3–6Foley (3–3)Clarke (3–6)13,90354–103L1
September 27@ TigersSuspended (rain); Rescheduled to September 28
158September 28@ Tigers0–8Díaz (1–0)Bowlan (0–1)see 2nd game54–104L2
159September 28@ Tigers3–7Cisnero (3–4)Ragans (7–5)13,32654–105L3
160September 29Yankees12–5Lyles (6–17)Rodón (3–8)18,37455–105W1
161September 30Yankees2–5Montas (1–0)Marsh (3–9)Holmes (24)22,66555–106L1
162October 1Yankees5–2Greinke (2–15)King (4–8)McArthur (4)20,66256–106W1

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers International League Mike Jirschele
Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals Texas League Chris Widger
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

  1. "2022 Kansas City Royals Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  2. Anderson (October 5, 2022). "Royals fire manager Mike Matheny after three disappointing seasons at helm". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  3. "Pitch clocks and shift limits: MLB adopts sweeping rule changes for 2023". the Guardian. Associated Press. September 9, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
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