2023 Kansas City Royals season

2023 Kansas City Royals
2023 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1969) Central Division (since 1994); ;
Location
	Kauffman Stadium (since 1973); Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969);
Results
Record	12–30 (.286)
Other information
Owner(s)	John Sherman
General manager(s)	J.J. Picollo
Manager(s)	Matt Quatraro
Local television	Bally Sports Kansas City
Local radio	KCSP 610 AM
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The 2023 Kansas City Royals season is the 55th season for the franchise, and their 51st at Kauffman Stadium. It is also the team's first season under the management of Matt Quatraro.

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

Game log

Legend
Royals Win	Royals Loss	Game Postponed

2023 Game Log: 13–31 (Home: 6–17; Away: 7–14)

March/April: 7–22 (Home: 1–12; Away: 6–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	March 30	Twins	0–2	López (1–0)	Greinke (0–1)	Durán (1)	38,351	0–1	L1
2	April 1	Twins	0–2	Gray (1–0)	Lyles (0–1)	López (1)	16,633	0–2	L2
3	April 2	Twins	4–7	Ryan (1–0)	Keller (0–1)	—	14,589	0–3	L3
4	April 3	Blue Jays	9–5	Singer (1–0)	Berríos (0–1)	—	10,810	1–3	W1
5	April 4	Blue Jays	1–4	Kikuchi (1–0)	Bubic (0–1)	Romano (2)	12,123	1–4	L1
6	April 5	Blue Jays	0–3	Manoah (1–0)	Greinke (0–2)	Romano (3)	10,015	1–5	L2
7	April 6	Blue Jays	3–6	Gausman (1–1)	Lyles (0–2)	Cimber (1)	10,401	1–6	L3
8	April 7	@ Giants	3–1	Keller (1–1)	Cobb (0–1)	Barlow (1)	40,711	2–6	W1
9	April 8	@ Giants	6–5	Clarke (1–0)	Doval (0–1)	Chapman (1)	35,126	3–6	W2
10	April 9	@ Giants	1–3	Brebbia (1–0)	Yarbrough (0–1)	Rogers (1)	30,207	3–7	L1
11	April 10	@ Rangers	2–11	Heaney (1–1)	Greinke (0–3)	—	17,430	3–8	L2
12	April 11	@ Rangers	5–8 (10)	Ragans (2–0)	Barlow (0–1)	—	17,760	3–9	L3
13	April 12	@ Rangers	10–1	Keller (2–1)	Eovaldi (1–2)	—	18,380	4–9	W1
14	April 14	Braves	3–10	Morton (2–1)	Singer (1–1)	—	20,186	4–10	L1
15	April 15	Braves	3–9	Elder (2–0)	Bubic (0–2)	—	17,644	4–11	L2
16	April 16	Braves	4–5	Anderson (1–0)	Barlow (0–2)	Minter (3)	22,040	4–12	L3
17	April 17	Rangers	0–4	Dunning (1–0)	Lyles (0–3)	—	11,068	4–13	L4
18	April 18	Rangers	2–12	Eovaldi (2–2)	Keller (2–2)	—	12,118	4–14	L5
19	April 19	Rangers	3–12	Pérez (3–1)	Singer (1–2)	—	10,388	4–15	L6
20	April 21	@ Angels	0–2	Ohtani (3–0)	Yarbrough (0–2)	Quijada (4)	44,741	4–16	L7
21	April 22	@ Angels	11–8	Cuas (1–0)	Quijada (0–1)	Barlow (2)	44,148	5–16	W1
22	April 23	@ Angels	3–4	Warren (1–0)	Lyles (0–4)	Estévez (3)	36,016	5–17	L1
23	April 24	@ Diamondbacks	4–5	Chafin (2–0)	Chapman (0–1)	—	9,815	5–18	L2
24	April 25	@ Diamondbacks	5–4	Singer (2–2)	Nelson (1–1)	Barlow (3)	13,835	6–18	W1
25	April 26	@ Diamondbacks	0–2	Gallen (4–1)	Yarbrough (0–3)	Chafin (4)	14,343	6–19	L1
26	April 27	@ Twins	1–7	Stewart (1–0)	Greinke (0–4)	—	12,862	6–20	L2
27	April 28	@ Twins	6–8	López (2–2)	Lyles (0–5)	López (2)	11,754	6–21	L3
28	April 29	@ Twins	3–2	Chapman (1–1)	Durán (0–1)	Barlow (4)	22,883	7–21	W1
29	April 30	@ Twins	4–8	Gray (4–0)	Singer (2–3)	Durán (6)	17,150	7–22	L1

May: 6–9 (Home: 5–5; Away: 1–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
30	May 2	Orioles	7–11	Wells (2–1)	Yarbrough (0–4)	—	10,487	7–23	L2
31	May 3	Orioles	6–0	Greinke (1–4)	Gibson (4–1)	—	10,362	8–23	W1
32	May 4	Orioles	10–13	Canó (1–0)	Chapman (1–2)	—	11,514	8–24	L1
33	May 5	Athletics	8–12	Muller (1–2)	Keller (2–3)	—	15,966	8–25	L2
34	May 6	Athletics	4–5	Waldichuk (1–2)	Singer (2–4)	Jackson (1)	29,549	8–26	L3
35	May 7	Athletics	5–1	Yarbrough (1–4)	Miller (0–2)	—	12,740	9–26	W1
36	May 8	White Sox	12–5	Cuas (2–0)	Cease (2–2)	—	9,814	10–26	W2
37	May 9	White Sox	2–4	Giolito (2–2)	Lyles (0–6)	Graveman (1)	11,258	10–27	L1
38	May 10	White Sox	9–1	Keller (3–3)	Lynn (1–5)	—	12,187	11–27	W1
39	May 11	White Sox	4–3	Barlow (1–2)	López (0–3)	—	20,321	12–27	W2
40	May 12	@ Brewers	1–5	Burnes (4–2)	Taylor (0–1)	—	24,900	12–28	L1
41	May 13	@ Brewers	3–4	Williams (3–0)	Hernández (0–1)	—	35,766	12–29	L2
42	May 14	@ Brewers	6–9	Lauer (4–4)	Lyles (0–7)	—	33,188	12–30	L3
43	May 15	@ Padres	0–4	Wacha (4–1)	Keller (3–4)	—	43,828	12–31	L4
44	May 16	@ Padres	5–4	Singer (3–4)	Lugo (3–3)	Barlow (5)	36,060	13–31	W1
45	May 17	@ Padres	–			—		–
46	May 19	@ White Sox	–			—		–
47	May 20	@ White Sox	–			—		–
48	May 21	@ White Sox	–			—		–
49	May 22	Tigers	–			—		–
50	May 23	Tigers	–			—		–
51	May 24	Tigers	–			—		–
52	May 26	Nationals	–			—		–
53	May 27	Nationals	–			—		–
54	May 28	Nationals	–			—		–
55	May 29	@ Cardinals	–			—		–
56	May 30	@ Cardinals	–			—		–

June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
57	June 2	Rockies	–	—	–
58	June 3	Rockies	–	—	–
59	June 4	Rockies	–	—	–
60	June 5	@ Marlins	–	—	–
61	June 6	@ Marlins	–	—	–
62	June 7	@ Marlins	–	—	–
63	June 9	@ Orioles	–	—	–
64	June 10	@ Orioles	–	—	–
65	June 11	@ Orioles	–	—	–
66	June 12	Reds	–	—	–
67	June 13	Reds	–	—	–
68	June 14	Reds	–	—	–
69	June 16	Angels	–	—	–
70	June 17	Angels	–	—	–
71	June 18	Angels	–	—	–
72	June 19	@ Tigers	–	—	–
73	June 20	@ Tigers	–	—	–
74	June 21	@ Tigers	–	—	–
75	June 22	@ Rays	–	—	–
76	June 23	@ Rays	–	—	–
77	June 24	@ Rays	–	—	–
78	June 25	@ Rays	–	—	–
79	June 27	Guardians	–	—	–
80	June 28	Guardians	–	—	–
81	June 29	Guardians	–	—	–
82	June 30	Dodgers	–	—	–

July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
83	July 1	Dodgers	–	—	–
84	July 2	Dodgers	–	—	–
85	July 3	@ Twins	–	—	–
86	July 4	@ Twins	–	—	–
87	July 5	@ Twins	–	—	–
88	July 6	@ Guardians	–	—	–
89	July 7	@ Guardians	–	—	–
90	July 8	@ Guardians	–	—	–
91	July 9	@ Guardians	–	—	–
93rd All-Star Game in Seattle, Washington
92	July 14	Rays	–	—	–
93	July 15	Rays	–	—	–
94	July 16	Rays	–	—	–
95	July 17	Tigers	–	—	–
96	July 18	Tigers	–	—	–
97	July 19	Tigers	–	—	–
98	July 20	Tigers	–	—	–
99	July 21	@ Yankees	–	—	–
100	July 22	@ Yankees	–	—	–
101	July 23	@ Yankees	–	—	–
102	July 24	@ Guardians	–	—	–
103	July 25	@ Guardians	–	—	–
104	July 26	@ Guardians	–	—	–
105	July 28	Twins	–	—	–
106	July 29	Twins	–	—	–
107	July 30	Twins	–	—	–

August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
108	August 1	Mets	–	—	–
109	August 2	Mets	–	—	–
110	August 3	Mets	–	—	–
111	August 4	@ Phillies	–	—	–
112	August 5	@ Phillies	–	—	–
113	August 6	@ Phillies	–	—	–
114	August 7	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
115	August 8	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
116	August 9	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
117	August 10	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
118	August 11	Cardinals	–	—	–
119	August 12	Cardinals	–	—	–
120	August 14	Mariners	–	—	–
121	August 15	Mariners	–	—	–
122	August 16	Mariners	–	—	–
123	August 17	Mariners	–	—	–
124	August 18	@ Cubs	–	—	–
125	August 19	@ Cubs	–	—	–
126	August 20	@ Cubs	–	—	–
127	August 21	@ Athletics	–	—	–
128	August 22	@ Athletics	–	—	–
129	August 23	@ Athletics	–	—	–
130	August 25	@ Mariners	–	—	–
131	August 26	@ Mariners	–	—	–
132	August 27	@ Mariners	–	—	–
133	August 28	Pirates	–	—	–
134	August 29	Pirates	–	—	–
135	August 30	Pirates	–	—	–

September/October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
136	September 1	Red Sox	–	—	–
137	September 2	Red Sox	–	—	–
138	September 3	Red Sox	–	—	–
139	September 5	White Sox	–	—	–
140	September 6	White Sox	–	—	–
141	September 7	White Sox	–	—	–
142	September 8	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
143	September 9	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
144	September 10	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
145	September 11	@ White Sox	–	—	–
146	September 12	@ White Sox	–	—	–
147	September 13	@ White Sox	–	—	–
148	September 15	Astros	–	—	–
149	September 16	Astros	–	—	–
150	September 17	Astros	–	—	–
151	September 18	Guardians	–	—	–
152	September 19	Guardians	–	—	–
153	September 20	Guardians	–	—	–
154	September 22	@ Astros	–	—	–
155	September 23	@ Astros	–	—	–
156	September 24	@ Astros	–	—	–
157	September 26	@ Tigers	–	—	–
158	September 27	@ Tigers	–	—	–
159	September 28	@ Tigers	–	—	–
160	September 29	Yankees	–	—	–
161	September 30	Yankees	–	—	–
162	October 1	Yankees	–	—	–

Current roster

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer(s)

58 Scott Barlow

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Infielders

8 Nicky Lopez
3 Samad Taylor

Outfielders

28 Kyle Isbel
6 Drew Waters

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)
80 Ryan Eigsti (bullpen catcher)
39 Damon Hollins (first base)
26 Paul Hoover (bench)
18 Rusty Kuntz (coach)
70 Parker Morin (bullpen catcher)
57 Mitch Stetter (bullpen)
85 Brian Sweeney (pitching)
25 Vance Wilson (third base)
31 Alec Zumwalt (hitting)

60-day injured list

26 active, 14 inactive
7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list
^# Personal leave
Roster and coaches updated May 17, 2023
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Regular season

American League Central

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	24	19	0.558	—	14–8	10–11
Cleveland Guardians	19	22	0.463	4	9–12	10–10
Detroit Tigers	19	22	0.463	4	10–10	9–12
Chicago White Sox	15	28	0.349	9	8–12	7–16
Kansas City Royals	13	31	0.295	11½	6–17	7–14

American League Wild Card

Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays	32	11	0.744
Texas Rangers	26	16	0.619
Minnesota Twins	24	19	0.558

Wild Card teams (Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	27	15	0.643	+3
Toronto Blue Jays	24	18	0.571	—
New York Yankees	25	19	0.568	—
Houston Astros	23	19	0.548	1
Boston Red Sox	23	20	0.535	1½
Los Angeles Angels	22	21	0.512	2½
Seattle Mariners	21	21	0.500	3
Cleveland Guardians	19	22	0.463	4½
Detroit Tigers	19	22	0.463	4½
Chicago White Sox	15	28	0.349	9½
Kansas City Royals	13	31	0.295	12
Oakland Athletics	10	34	0.227	15

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

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

External links

Kansas City Royals Official Site Archived July 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
2023 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference

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[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.