2025 Kansas City Royals season

2025 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkKauffman Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record44–48 (.478)
OwnersJohn Sherman
General managersJ.J. Picollo
ManagersMatt Quatraro
TelevisionFanDuel Sports Network Kansas City
RadioKFNZ 96.5 The Fan
Seasons

The 2025 Kansas City Royals season is the 57th season for the franchise, and their 53rd at Kauffman Stadium. It is also the team's third season under the management of Matt Quatraro.

Offseason

The Royals finished the 2024 season with an 86–76 record and a wild card berth. They swept the Baltimore Orioles in the 2024 American League Wild Card Series before they lost in four games to the eventual American League champion New York Yankees.

Transactions

October 2024

November 2024

January 2025

Regular season

American League Central

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 58 34 .630 — 31‍–‍14 27‍–‍20
44 48 .478 14 21‍–‍24 23‍–‍24
Minnesota Twins 43 47 .478 14 24‍–‍18 19‍–‍29
Cleveland Guardians 41 48 .461 15½ 20‍–‍22 21‍–‍26
Chicago White Sox 30 61 .330 27½ 19‍–‍25 11‍–‍36


American League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Detroit Tigers 58 34 .630
Houston Astros 55 36 .604
Toronto Blue Jays 53 38 .582
Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 49 41 .544 +1
Tampa Bay Rays 49 42 .538 +½
Seattle Mariners 48 42 .533 —
Boston Red Sox 47 45 .511 2
Los Angeles Angels 44 46 .489 4
Texas Rangers 44 47 .484 4½
44 48 .478 5
Minnesota Twins 43 47 .478 5
Cleveland Guardians 41 48 .461 6½
Baltimore Orioles 40 49 .449 7½
Athletics 37 55 .402 12
Chicago White Sox 30 61 .330 18½


Record vs. opponents

Record vs. American League

2025 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2025

Team ATH BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Athletics — 2-1 0–0 5–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–7 1–3 1–2 3–4 0–0 5–2 0–4 9–18
Baltimore 1-2 — 3–4 3–0 2–1 1-5 0–0 2–4 2–1 0–6 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 5–13
Boston 0–0 4–3 — 4–3 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2-1 1–2 4-2 3–4 2–5 8–7
Chicago 1–5 0–3 3–4 — 0–3 2–5 3-3 2–5 1–2 2–4 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 6–9
Cleveland 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 — 3–1 1–2 4–2 3–3 4–2 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 10–14
Detroit 0–0 3–0 3–0 5–1 1–3 — 1–2 5–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 11–7
Houston 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 2–1 2–1 — 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–3 3–4 2–2 3–0 10–11
0–0 4–2 1–2 5-2 2–4 2–5 3–3 — 0–0 4–3 0–6 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 10-8
Los Angeles 7–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–3 1–2 0–0 — 0–3 0–3 2-3 2–1 0–3 2–1 10–8
Minnesota 3–0 6–0 2–1 4–2 2–4 1–2 1–2 3–4 3–0 — 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1-2 7–8
New York 2–1 1–2 1-2 0–0 3–3 1–2 0–0 6–0 3–0 0–0 — 2–1 4–3 3–0 2–1 14–10
Seattle 4–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–4 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 — 0–0 5–1 2–4 8–10
Tampa Bay 0–0 2-4 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–4 0–0 — 3–3 5–1 16–11
Texas 2–5 0–0 4–3 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 2-1 0–3 1–5 3–3 — 1–2 12–9
Toronto 4–0 3–3 5–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–2 2-1 1–2 4–2 1–5 2–1 — 13–5

Updated with the results of all games through June 12, 2025.

Record vs. National League

2025 American League record vs. National League

Source: MLB Standings

Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH
Athletics 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–5 0–0 0–0
Baltimore 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–5
Boston 0–0 3–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 3–0
Chicago 1–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–0
Cleveland 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–5 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 2–1
Detroit 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2
Houston 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 0–0
2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–3 0–0
Los Angeles 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2
Minnesota 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–4 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–3 0–0
New York 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–0
Seattle 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–2
Tampa Bay 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–3 2–1 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Texas 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1
Toronto 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–4 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 3–0

Updated with the results of all games through July 6, 2025.

Game log

Legend
Royals Win Royals Loss Game Postponed
2025 Game Log: 44–48 (Home: 21–24; Away: 23–24)
March/April: 16–15 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
1 March 27 Guardians 4–7 (10) Clase (1–0) Long (0–1) Sewald (1) 39,393 0–1 L1
2 March 29 Guardians 4–3 Lynch IV (1–0) Sewald (0–1) Estévez (1) 22,015 1–1 W1
3 March 30 Guardians 2–6 Bibee (1–0) Wacha (0–1) — 15,414 1–2 L1
4 March 31 @ Brewers 11–1 Bubic (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) — 41,922 2–2 W1
5 April 1 @ Brewers 0–5 Uribe (1–0) Lorenzen (0–1) — 18,008 2–3 L1
6 April 2 @ Brewers 2–3 (11) Koenig (1–0) Long (0–2) — 19,112 2–4 L2
7 April 4 Orioles 8–2 Lugo (1–0) Kremer (1–1) — 14,196 3–4 W1
8 April 5 Orioles 1–8 Sugano (1–1) Wacha (0–2) 28,875 14,383 3–5 L1
9 April 6 Orioles 4–1 Bubic (2–0) Povich (0–1) Estévez (2) 19,100 4–5 W1
10 April 7 Twins 4–2 Lorenzen (1–1) Woods Richardson (0–1) Estévez (3) 12,041 5–5 W2
11 April 8 Twins 2–1 Schreiber (1–0) Jax (0–1) Lynch IV (1) 13,008 6–5 W3
12 April 9 Twins 0–4 Ryan (1–1) Lugo (1–1) — 13,156 6–6 L1
13 April 10 Twins 3–2 Lynch IV (2–0) Sands (1–1) Estévez (4) 14,730 7–6 W1
14 April 11 @ Guardians 0–7 Herrin (2–0) Bubic (2–1) — 15,430 7–7 L1
15 April 12 @ Guardians 3–6 Ortiz (1–2) Lorenzen (1–2) — 20,256 7–8 L2
16 April 13 @ Guardians 4–2 Ragans (1–0) Lively (0–2) Estévez (5) 17,864 8–8 W1
17 April 14 @ Yankees 1–4 Carrasco (2–1) Lugo (1–2) Williams (2) 42,648 8–9 L1
18 April 15 @ Yankees 2–4 Fried (3–0) Wacha (0–3) Williams (3) 43,601 8–10 L2
19 April 16 @ Yankees 3–4 Leiter Jr. (2–1) Schreiber (1–1) Cruz (1) 43,720 8–11 L3
20 April 17 @ Tigers 1–6 Olson (2–1) Lorenzen (1–3) Kahnle (3) 15,769 8–12 L4
21 April 18 @ Tigers 3–7 Jobe (2–0) Ragans (1–1) Kahnle (4) 25,754 8–13 L5
22 April 19 @ Tigers 1–3 Mize (3–1) Lugo (1–3) Vest (1) 32,043 8–14 L6
23 April 20 @ Tigers 4–3 (10) Estévez (1–0) Holton (1–2) — 17,712 9–14 W1
24 April 22 Rockies 4–3 (11) Lynch IV (3–0) Kinley (0–1) — 14,567 10–14 W2
― April 23 Rockies Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 24
25 April 24 (1) Rockies 7–4 Zerpa (1–0) Márquez (0–4) Estévez (6) see 2nd game 11–14 W3
26 April 24 (1) Rockies 6–2 Lorenzen (2–3) Dollander (1–3) — 15,601 12–14 W4
27 April 25 Astros 2–0 Lugo (2–3) Wesneski (1–2) Erceg (1) 19,003 13–14 W5
28 April 26 Astros 2–0 Wacha (1–3) Valdez (1–3) Estévez (7) 25,378 14–14 W6
29 April 27 Astros 3–7 Brown (4–1) Bubic (2–2) — 21,171 14–15 L1
30 April 29 @ Rays 3–1 Lorenzen (3–3) Bradley (2–2) Estévez (8) 10,046 15–15 W1
31 April 30 @ Rays 3–0 Cameron (1–0) Rasmussen (1–2) Estévez (9) 10,046 16–15 W2
May: 15–13 (Home: 8–6; Away: 7–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
32 May 1 @ Rays 8–2 Lugo (3–3) Baz (3–1) — 8,794 17–15 W3
33 May 2 @ Orioles 0–3 Kremer (3–4) Wacha (1–4) Bautista (6) 26,364 17–16 L1
34 May 3 @ Orioles 4–0 Bubic (3–2) Sugano (3–2) — 19,348 18–16 W1
35 May 4 @ Orioles 11–6 Zerpa (2–0) Canó (0–1) — 31,956 19–16 W2
36 May 5 White Sox 3–0 Ragans (2–1) Smith (1–2) Estévez (10) 12,529 20–16 W3
37 May 6 White Sox 4–3 Clarke (1–0) Booser (0–3) — 15,968 21–16 W4
38 May 7 White Sox 2–1 Wacha (2–4) Cannon (2–4) Estévez (11) 12,328 22–16 W5
39 May 8 White Sox 10–0 Bubic (4–2) Martin (1–4) — 25,386 23–16 W6
40 May 9 Red Sox 2–1 (12) Cruz (1–0) Newcomb (0–4) — 30,348 24–16 W7
41 May 10 Red Sox 1–10 Crochet (4–2) Ragans (2–2) — 29,460 24–17 L1
42 May 11 Red Sox 1–3 Giolito (1–1) Lugo (3–4) Chapman (6) 25,785 24–18 L2
43 May 12 @ Astros 7–5 Wacha (3–4) Gusto (3–2) Estévez (12) 26,386 25–18 W1
44 May 13 @ Astros 1–2 Abreu (1–1) Schreiber (1–2) — 27,114 25–19 L1
45 May 14 @ Astros 3–4 King (1–0) Lorenzen (3–4) Hader (10) 24,641 25–20 L2
46 May 16 Cardinals 3–10 Pallante (4–2) Ragans (2–3) — 28,104 25–21 L3
47 May 17 Cardinals 0–1 Mikolas (3–2) Cameron (1–1) Helsley (9) 36,139 25–22 L4
48 May 18 Cardinals 2–1 Erceg (1–0) Roycroft (1–3) Estévez (13) 25,695 26–22 W1
49 May 19 @ Giants 3–1 Bubic (5–2) Rogers (2–2) Estévez (14) 28,432 27–22 W2
50 May 20 @ Giants 2–3 Birdsong (2–0) Lorenzen (3–5) Walker (9) 32,118 27–23 L1
51 May 21 @ Giants 8–4 Bowlan (1–0) Webb (5–4) — 29,064 28–23 W1
52 May 23 @ Twins 1–3 Sands (3–1) Erceg (1–1) — 22,391 28–24 L1
53 May 24 @ Twins 4–5 Durán (3–0) Lynch IV (3–1) — 30,720 28–25 L2
54 May 25 @ Twins 2–1 (10) Estévez (2–0) Durán (3–1) Clarke (1) 32,501 29–25 W1
55 May 26 Reds 4–7 Martinez (3–5) Lorenzen (3–6) — 18,002 29–26 L1
56 May 27 Reds 2–7 Singer (6–3) Clarke (1–1) — 17,383 29–27 L2
57 May 28 Reds 3–2 Cameron (2–1) Greene (4–3) Estévez (15) 15,430 30–27 W1
58 May 30 Tigers 5–7 Hurter (1–0) Lugo (3–5) Vest (8) 28,875 30–28 L1
59 May 31 Tigers 1–0 Schreiber (2–2) Brieske (1–2) Estévez (16) 35,005 31–28 W1
June: 8–18 (Home: 1–12; Away: 7–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
60 June 1 Tigers 0–1 Lee (2–0) Bubic (5–3) Vest (9) 24,474 31–29 L1
61 June 3 @ Cardinals 10–7 Cruz (2–0) Matz (3–2) Estévez (17) 26,656 32–29 W1
― June 4 @ Cardinals Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 5
62 June 5 (1) @ Cardinals 5–6 (10) Romero (2–3) Estévez (2–1) — 21,657 32–30 L1
63 June 5 (2) @ Cardinals 7–5 Zerpa (3–0) Liberatore (3–5) Estévez (18) 31,038 33–30 W1
64 June 6 @ White Sox 2–7 Leasure (1–4) Bowlan (1–1) — 36,916 33–31 L1
65 June 7 @ White Sox 1–4 Houser (2–1) Wacha (3–5) Altavilla (1) 19,099 33–32 L2
66 June 8 @ White Sox 7–5 Lorenzen (4–6) Alexander (3–6) Estévez (19) 22,137 34–32 W1
67 June 10 Yankees 2–10 Fried (9–1) Cameron (2–2) — 30,017 34–33 L1
68 June 11 Yankees 3–6 Schmidt (3–3) Bubic (5–4) Williams (8) 21,182 34–34 L2
69 June 12 Yankees 0–1 Leiter Jr. (4–3) Erceg (1–2) Williams (9) 23,412 34–35 L3
70 June 13 Athletics 4–6 Severino (2–6) Wacha (3–6) — 29,586 34–36 L4
71 June 14 Athletics 0–4 Lopez (1–4) Lorenzen (4–7) — 29,034 34–37 L5
72 June 15 Athletics 2–3 Ferguson (2–2) Estévez (2–2) Miller (14) 27,272 34–38 L6
73 June 17 @ Rangers 6–1 Lugo (4–5) Leiter (4–4) — 34,408 35–38 W1
74 June 18 @ Rangers 6–3 Bubic (6–4) Corbin (4–6) Estévez (20) 26,520 36–38 W2
75 June 19 @ Rangers 4–1 Wacha (4–6) Armstrong (2–2) Estévez (21) 37,308 37–38 W3
76 June 20 @ Padres 6–5 Erceg (2–2) Adam (5–3) Estévez (22) 43,574 38–38 W4
77 June 21 @ Padres 1–5 Cease (3–6) Cameron (2–3) — 43,241 38–39 L1
78 June 22 @ Padres 2–3 Suárez (2–3) Lynch IV (3–2) — 43,567 38–40 L2
79 June 24 Rays 1–5 Bradley (5–5) Bubic (6–5) — 22,951 38–41 L3
80 June 25 Rays 0–3 Rasmussen (7–5) Wacha (4–7) Fairbanks (14) 20,649 38–42 L4
81 June 26 Rays 0–4 Baz (8–3) Lorenzen (4–8) Fairbanks (15) 19,619 38–43 L5
82 June 27 Dodgers 4–5 Trivino (3–0) Cameron (2–4) Scott (18) 35,187 38–44 L6
83 June 28 Dodgers 9–5 Lugo (5–5) Casparius (6–2) — 36,578 39–44 W1
84 June 29 Dodgers 1–5 Wrobleski (4–2) Bubic (6–6) — 28,671 39–45 L1
85 June 30 @ Mariners 2–6 Kirby (2–4) Wacha (4–8) — 27,309 39–46 L2
July: 5–2 (Home: 1–0; Away: 4–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
86 July 1 @ Mariners 6–3 Erceg (3–2) Hancock (3–5) Estévez (23) 22,351 40–46 W1
87 July 2 @ Mariners 2–3 Vargas (3–5) Zerpa (3–1) Muñoz (19) 24,752 40–47 L1
88 July 3 @ Mariners 3–2 Lugo (6–5) Legumina (4–4) Estévez (24) 38,030 41–47 W1
89 July 4 @ Diamondbacks 9–3 Bubic (7–6) Rodríguez (3–5) — 35,562 42–47 W2
90 July 5 @ Diamondbacks 1–7 Nelson (5–2) Wacha (4–9) — 26,043 42–48 L1
91 July 6 @ Diamondbacks 4–0 Lorenzen (5–8) DeSclafani (0–1) — 22,949 43–48 W1
92 July 7 Pirates 9–3 Cameron (3–4) Heaney (4–8) — 18,614 44–48 W2
93 July 8 Pirates – — –
94 July 9 Pirates – — –
95 July 11 Mets – — –
96 July 12 Mets – — –
97 July 13 Mets – — –
95th All-Star Game in Cumberland, Georgia
98 July 18 @ Marlins – — –
99 July 19 @ Marlins – — –
100 July 20 @ Marlins – — –
101 July 21 @ Cubs – — –
102 July 22 @ Cubs – — –
103 July 23 @ Cubs – — –
104 July 25 Guardians – — –
105 July 26 Guardians – — –
106 July 27 Guardians – — –
107 July 28 Braves – — –
108 July 29 Braves – — –
109 July 30 Braves – — –
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
110 August 1 @ Blue Jays – — –
111 August 2 @ Blue Jays – — –
112 August 3 @ Blue Jays – — –
113 August 4 @ Red Sox – — –
114 August 5 @ Red Sox – — –
115 August 6 @ Red Sox – — –
116 August 8 @ Twins – — –
117 August 9 @ Twins – — –
118 August 10 @ Twins – — –
119 August 11 Nationals – — –
120 August 12 Nationals – — –
121 August 13 Nationals – — –
122 August 15 White Sox – — –
123 August 16 White Sox – — –
124 August 17 White Sox – — –
125 August 18 Rangers – — –
126 August 19 Rangers – — –
127 August 20 Rangers – — –
128 August 21 Rangers – — –
129 August 22 @ Tigers – — –
130 August 23 @ Tigers – — –
131 August 24 @ Tigers – — –
132 August 25 @ White Sox – — –
133 August 26 @ White Sox – — –
134 August 27 @ White Sox – — –
135 August 29 Tigers – — –
136 August 30 Tigers – — –
137 August 31 Tigers – — –
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
138 September 2 Angels – — –
139 September 3 Angels – — –
140 September 4 Angels – — –
141 September 5 Twins – — –
142 September 6 Twins – — –
143 September 7 Twins – — –
144 September 8 @ Guardians – — –
145 September 9 @ Guardians – — –
146 September 10 @ Guardians – — –
147 September 11 @ Guardians – — –
148 September 12 @ Phillies – — –
149 September 13 @ Phillies – — –
150 September 14 @ Phillies – — –
151 September 16 Mariners – — –
152 September 17 Mariners – — –
153 September 18 Mariners – — –
154 September 19 Blue Jays – — –
155 September 20 Blue Jays – — –
156 September 21 Blue Jays – — –
157 September 23 @ Angels – — –
158 September 24 @ Angels – — –
159 September 25 @ Angels – — –
160 September 26 @ Athletics – — –
161 September 27 @ Athletics – — –
162 September 28 @ Athletics – — –

Current roster

Kansas City Royals roster
Active roster Inactive roster Coaches / other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen


Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Pitchers


Infielders

Outfielders


Manager

Coaches

60-day injured list


Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers International League Mike Jirschele
Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals Texas League Brooks Conrad
High-A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League Jesus Azuaje
Single-A Columbia Fireflies Carolina League David Noworyta
Rookie ACL Royals Blue Arizona Complex League Omar Ramirez
Rookie ACL Royals Gold Arizona Complex League Andre David
Rookie DSL Royals Dominican Summer League Ramon Martínez

References

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  2. ^ Sheldon, Mark (November 22, 2024). "Reds trade for Singer, send India, Wiemer to Royals". Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  3. ^ Rogers, Anne (January 8, 2025). "'We're going to win': Lorenzen reunites with Royals on 1-year deal". Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  4. ^ Rogers, Anne; Casella, Paul (January 31, 2025). "Royals finalize 2-year deal with Estévez to strengthen bullpen". Retrieved February 5, 2025.
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