2016 Kansas City Royals season

2016 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Kauffman Stadium (since 1973)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	David Glass
General manager(s)	Dayton Moore
Manager(s)	Ned Yost
Local television	Fox Sports Kansas City (Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
Local radio	KCSP 610 AM (Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc)
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The 2016 Kansas City Royals season is the 48th for the franchise, and their 44th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals entered the season as the defending World Series champions determined to become the first team since the 1999 New York Yankees to win back-to-back World Series titles. The season started on April 3 with a World Series rematch at home against the New York Mets.^[1] The first series began with a 10 mile long relay of the first pitch from Kansas City Union Station to Kauffman Stadium benefiting the Kansas City MLB Urban Youth Academy.^[2]

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	21	10	0.677	—	9–5	12–5
Cleveland Indians	14	13	0.519	5	7–6	7–7
Kansas City Royals	15	14	0.517	5	9–5	6–9
Detroit Tigers	14	15	0.483	6	5–8	9–7
Minnesota Twins	8	22	0.267	12½	6–8	2–14

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Chicago White Sox	21	10	0.677
Seattle Mariners	18	12	0.600
Baltimore Orioles	17	12	0.586

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	17	13	0.567	+½
Texas Rangers	17	14	0.548	—
Cleveland Indians	14	13	0.519	1
Kansas City Royals	15	14	0.517	1
Toronto Blue Jays	16	16	0.500	1½
Tampa Bay Rays	14	14	0.500	1½
Detroit Tigers	14	15	0.483	2
Oakland Athletics	14	17	0.452	3
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	17	0.433	3½
New York Yankees	11	17	0.393	4½
Houston Astros	11	20	0.355	6
Minnesota Twins	8	22	0.267	8½

Record against opponents

2016 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0
Boston	1–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	3–1
Chicago	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–5
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	—	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–1
Houston	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–2
Kansas City	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2
Minnesota	0–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
New York	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0
Oakland	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	—	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	—	0–0	3–3	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–4	0–0
Texas	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	—	1–3	0–0
Toronto	1–2	3–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	—	0–0

Detailed Records

American League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed AL East Baltimore Orioles 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 Boston Red Sox 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 New York Yankees 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 Tampa Bay Rays 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 Toronto Blue Jays 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 AL Central Chicago White Sox 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 Cleveland Indians 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 Detroit Tigers 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 Kansas City Royals – – – – – – Minnesota Twins 3–0 0–0 3–0 1.000 15 6 3–0 0–0 3–0 1.000 15 6 AL West Houston Astros 0–0 3–1 3–1 .750 15 14 Los Angeles Angels 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 Oakland Athletics 0–0 1–0 1–0 1.000 4 2 Seattle Mariners 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 Texas Rangers 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 0–0 4–1 4–1 .800 19 16

National League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed Atlanta Braves 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 Miami Marlins 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 New York Mets 1–1 0–0 1–1 .500 4 5 Philadlephia Phillies 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 St. Louis Cardinals 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 Washington Nationals 1–2 0–0 1–2 .333 9 21 2–3 0–0 2–3 .400 13 26

Game log

2016 Game Log (14–13)[3]
April: 12–11 (Home: 8–3 ; Away: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 Mets 4–3 Vólquez (1–0) Harvey (0–1) Davis (1) 40,030 1–0 2 April 5 Mets 0–2 Syndergaard (1–0) Young (0–1) Familia (1) 39,782 1–1 3 April 8 Twins 4–3 Soria (1–0) Jepsen (0–2) Davis (2) 27,166 2–1 4 April 9 Twins 7–0 Kennedy (1–0) Milone (0–1) — 31,001 3–1 5 April 10 Twins 4–3 Davis (1–0) May (0–1) — 35,317 4–1 6 April 11 @ Astros 2–8 McHugh (1–1) Young (0–2) — 43,332 4–2 7 April 12 @ Astros 3–2 Medlen (1–0) Fiers (0–1) Davis (3) 21,027 5–2 8 April 13 @ Astros 4–2 Hochevar (1–0) Giles (0–1) Soria (1) 24,109 6–2 9 April 14 @ Astros 6–2 Kennedy (2–0) Fister (1–1) Davis (4) 21,203 7–2 10 April 15 @ Athletics 4–2 Vólquez (1–0) Hill (1–2) Davis (5) 19,451 8–2 11 April 16 @ Athletics 3–5 Gray (2–1) Young (0–3) Madson (3) 25,564 8–3 12 April 17 @ Athletics 2–3 Axford (2–0) Soria (1–1) Madson (4) 29,668 8–4 13 April 19 Tigers 8–6 Ventura (1–0) Greene (1–1) Davis (6) 26,889 9–4 14 April 20 Tigers 2–3 Zimmermann (3–0) Kennedy (2–1) Rodríguez (4) 28,928 9–5 15 April 21 Tigers 4–0 Vólquez (3–0) Pelfrey (0–3) — 30,763 10–5 16 April 22 Orioles 4–2 Young (1–3) Gallardo (1–1) Davis (7) 29,546 11–5 17 April 23 Orioles 3–8 Wilson (1–0) Medlen (1–1) — 39,900 11–6 18 April 24 Orioles 6–1 Ventura (2–0) Wright (1–2) — 34,748 12–6 19 April 25 @ Angels 1–6 Richards (1–3) Kennedy (2–2) — 31,061 12–7 20 April 26 @ Angels 4–9 Weaver (3–0) Vólquez (3–1) — 34,428 12–8 21 April 27 @ Angels 2–4 Salas (1–1) Young (1–4) Smith (1) 35,142 12–9 22 April 29 @ Mariners 0–1 Hernández (2–2) Medlen (1–2) Cishek (6) 38,684 12–10 23 April 30 @ Mariners 0–6 Miley (2–2) Ventura (2–1) — 43,444 12–11
May: 2–2 (Home: 1–2 ; Away: 1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 @ Mariners 4–1 Kennedy (3–2) Walker (2–1) Davis (8) 37,053 13–11 25 May 2 Nationals 0–2 Gonzalez (2–1) Vólquez (3–2) Papelbon (9) 32,394 13–12 26 May 3 Nationals 7–6 Wang (1–0) Papelbon (0–2) — 33,729 14–12 27 May 4 Nationals 2–13 Strasburg (5–0) Medlen (1–3) — 38,610 14–13 28 May 6 @ Indians – 29 May 7 @ Indians – 30 May 8 @ Indians – 31 May 9 @ Yankees – 32 May 10 @ Yankees – 33 May 11 @ Yankees – 34 May 12 @ Yankees – 35 May 13 Braves – 36 May 14 Braves – 37 May 15 Braves – 38 May 16 Red Sox – 39 May 17 Red Sox – 40 May 18 Red Sox – 41 May 20 @ White Sox – 42 May 21 @ White Sox – 43 May 22 @ White Sox – 44 May 23 @ Twins – 45 May 24 @ Twins – 46 May 25 @ Twins – 47 May 26 White Sox – 48 May 27 White Sox – 49 May 28 White Sox – 50 May 29 White Sox – 51 May 30 Rays – 52 May 31 Rays –
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 Rays – 0–0 54 June 2 @ Indians – 0–0 55 June 3 @ Indians – 0–0 56 June 4 @ Indians – 0–0 57 June 5 @ Indians – 0–0 58 June 6 @ Orioles – 0–0 59 June 7 @ Orioles – 0–0 60 June 8 @ Orioles – 0–0 61 June 10 @ White Sox – 0–0 62 June 11 @ White Sox – 0–0 63 June 12 @ White Sox – 0–0 64 June 13 Indians – 0–0 65 June 14 Indians – 0–0 66 June 15 Indians – 0–0 67 June 16 Tigers – 0–0 68 June 17 Tigers – 0–0 69 June 18 Tigers – 0–0 70 June 19 Tigers – 0–0 71 June 21 @ Mets – 0–0 72 June 22 @ Mets – 0–0 73 June 24 Astros – 0–0 74 June 25 Astros – 0–0 75 June 26 Astros – 0–0 76 June 27 Cardinals – 0–0 77 June 28 Cardinals – 0–0 78 June 29 @ Cardinals – 0–0 79 June 30 @ Cardinals – 0–0
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 @ Phillies – 0–0 81 July 2 @ Phillies – 0–0 82 July 3 @ Phillies – 0–0 83 July 4 @ Blue Jays – 0–0 84 July 5 @ Blue Jays – 0–0 85 July 6 @ Blue Jays – 0–0 86 July 7 Mariners – 0–0 87 July 8 Mariners – 0–0 88 July 9 Mariners – 0–0 89 July 10 Mariners – 0–0 – July 12 87th All-Star Game – National League vs. American League (Petco Park, San Diego, California) 90 July 15 @ Tigers – 0–0 91 July 16 @ Tigers – 0–0 92 July 17 @ Tigers – 0–0 93 July 18 Indians – 0–0 94 July 19 Indians – 0–0 95 July 20 Indians – 0–0 96 July 22 Rangers – 0–0 97 July 23 Rangers – 0–0 98 July 24 Rangers – 0–0 99 July 25 Angels – 0–0 100 July 26 Angels – 0–0 101 July 27 Angels – 0–0 102 July 28 @ Rangers – 0–0 103 July 29 @ Rangers – 0–0 104 July 30 @ Rangers – 0–0 105 July 31 @ Rangers – 0–0
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 @ Rays – 0–0 107 August 2 @ Rays – 0–0 108 August 3 @ Rays – 0–0 109 August 4 @ Rays – 0–0 110 August 5 Blue Jays – 0–0 111 August 6 Blue Jays – 0–0 112 August 7 Blue Jays – 0–0 113 August 9 White Sox – 0–0 114 August 10 White Sox – 0–0 115 August 11 White Sox – 0–0 116 August 12 @ Twins – 0–0 117 August 13 @ Twins – 0–0 118 August 14 @ Twins – 0–0 119 August 15 @ Tigers – 0–0 120 August 16 @ Tigers – 0–0 121 August 17 @ Tigers – 0–0 122 August 18 Twins – 0–0 123 August 19 Twins – 0–0 124 August 20 Twins – 0–0 125 August 21 Twins – 0–0 126 August 23 @ Marlins – 0–0 127 August 24 @ Marlins – 0–0 128 August 25 @ Marlins – 0–0 129 August 26 @ Red Sox – 0–0 130 August 27 @ Red Sox – 0–0 131 August 28 @ Red Sox – 0–0 132 August 29 Yankees – 0–0 133 August 30 Yankees – 0–0 134 August 31 Yankees – 0–0
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0 ) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 2 Tigers – 0–0 136 September 3 Tigers – 0–0 137 September 4 Tigers – 0–0 138 September 5 @ Twins – 0–0 139 September 6 @ Twins – 0–0 140 September 7 @ Twins – 0–0 141 September 9 @ White Sox – 0–0 142 September 10 @ White Sox – 0–0 143 September 11 @ White Sox – 0–0 144 September 12 Athletics – 0–0 145 September 13 Athletics – 0–0 146 September 14 Athletics – 0–0 147 September 15 Athletics – 0–0 148 September 16 White Sox – 0–0 149 September 17 White Sox – 0–0 150 September 18 White Sox – 0–0 151 September 20 @ Indians – 0–0 152 September 21 @ Indians – 0–0 153 September 22 @ Indians – 0–0 154 September 23 @ Tigers – 0–0 155 September 24 @ Tigers – 0–0 156 September 25 @ Tigers – 0–0 157 September 27 Twins – 0–0 158 September 28 Twins – 0–0 159 September 29 Twins – 0–0 160 September 30 Indians – 0–0
October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 Indians – 0–0 162 October 2 Indians – 0–0
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Royals team member

Current roster

Kansas City Royals roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 31 Ian Kennedy 39 Kris Medlen 30 Yordano Ventura 36 Edinson Vólquez 32 Chris Young Bullpen 41 Danny Duffy 33 Brian Flynn 53 Dillon Gee 40 Kelvin Herrera 44 Luke Hochevar 48 Joakim Soria 67 Chien-Ming Wang Closer 17 Wade Davis		Catchers  9 Drew Butera 13 Salvador Pérez Infielders 24 Christian Colón 19 Cheslor Cuthbert  2 Alcides Escobar 35 Eric Hosmer 14 Omar Infante Outfielders  6 Lorenzo Cain  1 Jarrod Dyson  4 Alex Gordon 16 Paulo Orlando Designated hitters 25 Kendrys Morales		Pitchers 54 Scott Alexander 50 Miguel Almonte 63 Alec Mills 64 Matthew Strahm 45 Kyle Zimmer Catchers  7 Tony Cruz Infielders 27 Raúl A. Mondesí  8 Mike Moustakas 62 Ramón Torres Outfielders 38 Jorge Bonifacio 26 Brett Eibner 34 Reymond Fuentes  0 Terrance Gore 74 José Martínez 11 Bubba Starling		Manager  3 Ned Yost Coaches 58 Dave Eiland (pitching) 28 Pedro Grifol (catching) 57 Doug Henry (bullpen) 23 Mike Jirschele (third base) 18 Rusty Kuntz (first base) 21 Dale Sveum (hitting) 22 Don Wakamatsu (bench) 88 Cody Clark {bullpen catcher) 60-day disabled list 55 Tim Collins 66 Mike Minor 51 Jason Vargas 25 active, 15 inactive 7- or 15-day disabled list ^† Suspended list ^# Personal leave Roster and coaches updated May 7, 2016 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pacific Coast League
AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Texas League
A-Advanced	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League
A	Lexington Legends	South Atlantic League
Rookie	Burlington Royals	Appalachian League
Rookie	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pioneer League
Rookie	DSL Royals	Dominican Summer League

References

1. "2016 Kansas City Royals schedule". MLB.com.
2. "Relay the Way: Make History for the Future of Kansas City". www.relaytheway.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
3. "2016 Kansas City Royals Sortable Schedule". Kansas City Royals.

External links

• 2016 Kansas City Royals Official Site
• 2016 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference