End-of-season awards from the social team. 💙 ———– Join the conversation! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royals Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Royals/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcroyals/ Visit The Royals: https://www.royals.com Get tickets: https://www.royals.com/tickets Official Royals Merchandise: https://www.royals.com/shop
The 2026 post-season field will need all 162 games to be settled. Entering Saturday, there was the possibility that all 12 October clubs could have punched their tickets, but only the Cleveland Guardians and San Diego Padres locked in their spots for the playoffs with victories. Combined with a Chicago White Sox loss, Cleveland locked down its third straight AL Central title with a victory over the Kansas City Royals. That means that the Guardians will also hold the No. 2 seed in the American ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Once again, the Cleveland Guardians are division champs. Patrick Bailey and Brayan Rocchio each hit two of Cleveland’s five home runs as the Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 11-5 on Saturday night to clinch their third straight AL Central title. Cleveland’s victory, coupled with Chicago’s 9-6 loss to Colorado, gave the Guardians (85-76) a two-game lead over the second-place White Sox (83-78) with one game remaining in the regular season on Sunday. José Ramírez and the G...
Cleveland cruising past a pitcher in Kansas City’s Michael Wacha who had owned them largely winnowed any chance the White Sox would have to finish with a late kick to win the AL Central. However, the White Sox ended any chance of extending the division drama to Sunday by getting off to a rocky start […]
If there's any silver lining to the White Sox letting the AL Central slip out of their grasp, it's better to know a day early.
The White Sox's 9-6 loss to the Rockies tonight, coupled with the Guardians' 11-5 victory over the Royals, cemented the division in favor of Cleveland, which also gets the first-round bye as the No. 2 seed. The White Sox have to settle for the third wild card spot, and will head to the state of Texas to play whichever team ends up taking the AL West, but at least the...
Things started off so well for the Royals, but one error led to a disaster second inning, and the Royals could never recover. They ultimately fell to the 2026 AL Central Division Champion Cleveland Guardians by a score of 11-5. Michael Wacha faced only three in the first inning, and the offense went to work […]
Christian Yelich may not be the player he was when he first landed on the Milwaukee Brewers in 2018, but this left-handed hitter helped the franchise grow into the powerhouse it is today. Moreover, even when the man is struggling at the plate, he can still lead. Manager Pat Murphy and the clubhouse are certainly […]
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Manager Stephen Vogt meets with the media following our 12-9 road win against the Kansas City Royals at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City.
Well, folks. It’s been a…well I was going to say it’s been a good season. But it hasn’t. So I’ll say, “It’s been a season.” This is my last game preview for the 2026 Royals calendar. I, along with the rest of the usual suspects, will be posting discussion threads for the playoffs, but even […]
The American League standings still have a number of races to be decided, including the American League Central division. The Cleveland Guardians did not play their best game of the season on Friday, but the Kansas City Royals happened to be even worse. While the Guards committed two defensive errors and the bullpen struggled, the […]
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Noah Cameron’s last start of the year did not go well, writes Jaylon Thompson. Cleveland first pounded KC left-handed starter Noah Cameron. He surrendered seven runs (six earned) in five innings. “I made some bad pitches,” Cameron said. “Some tough plays, which happens, since it’s baseball. But yeah, I think it just got out of […]
Carter Jensen’s 26th homer of the season! ———– Join the conversation! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royals Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Royals/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcroyals/ Visit The Royals: https://www.royals.com Get tickets: https://www.royals.com/tickets Official Royals Merchandise: https://www.royals.com/shop
Denny Matthews joins the Royals.TV broadcast on a special night at Kauffman Stadium. ———– Join the conversation! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royals Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Royals/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcroyals/ Visit The Royals: https://www.royals.com Get tickets: https://www.royals.com/tickets Official Royals Merchandise: https://www.royals.com/shop
Guardians vs. Royals full game highlights from 9/24/26
Steven Kwan joins Andre Knott following the Guardians 12-9 road win over the Kansas City Royals at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City.
If I hadn’t known any better, I would have assumed the Royals were the team that were partying late into the night and didn’t get into town until 3 AM. They played perhaps their sloppiest game of the season and despite the fact that Gavin Williams didn’t have anything approaching his best stuff, the Royals […]
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Today is my penultimate game thread for the 2026 MLB Regular season. You might have noticed I’ve been using that word a lot lately. You’ve probably guessed it’s my favorite word. You’re right. Last time we were together, Noah Cameron was performing his penultimate start to the season. Today is the ultimate. It would be […]
Divine intervention? With the Chicago White Sox clinching a spot in the MLB playoffs for the first time since 2021 with their Thursday afternoon win against the Kansas City Royals, Pope Leo XIV, who grew up in Chicago and is a fan of the team, was asked whether he played a role in Chicago cracking the American League playoff field this season. “No comment,” Leo quipped when asked about what role he played in the White Sox’s success, adding that “great things happen in Chicago.” Last month, the...
Last year, Vinnie Pasquantino started slowly and then eventually came around to put together a solid year. The hope was that this year, Vinnie would pick up where he left off and skip the “started slowly” part. That did not happen. Vinnie started slowly and then he got hurt, putting an unfortunate middle step in […]
The Kansas City Royals are limping to the finish line, but Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco use this episode to focus on what actually matters now: who is trending up, who is running out of runway, and which young arms might reshape the offseason conversation. A rough loss to the White Sox underscored just how […]
Yesterday afternoon, while the Orioles were enjoying their day off, they were eliminated from the postseason race. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 9-1 to clinch the third Wild Card spot. This was just a formality; the Orioles have been out of the race for a few weeks. I know this was […]
The Orioles were officially eliminated last night. The White Sox beat the Royals 9-1, just as they were supposed to, and clinched a Wild Card spot. Munetaka Murakami drank champagne and told us, lo and behold, he’s Japanese. And the Orioles, meanwhile, watched, helpless to their fate. At 78-81, the best they can do now […]
After a summer where the owners of the Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Rays each landed, in quick succession, about $2 billion apiece in public stadium funding despite widespread public opposition, I’ve been thinking even more than usual about what this site is hoping to accomplish. To report on and analyze sports subsidy shenanigans, […]
Can you believe we’ve reached the last weekend of the regular season? Filling in for Anne Rogers, Jackson Stone at MLB.com writes about Denny: Matthews will be honored for his one-of-a-kind career on the television broadcast, as well as a special moment on the field, during Friday’s game in recognition of the achievement. But don’t […]