vs San Diego Padres
Jul 18 · Scheduled
Pitching matchup: Randy Dobnak - 0-0, 1.86 ERA · Griffin Canning - 1-7, 6.47 ERA
48-49 · 3rd in NL West
MLB team
Kansas City Royals
Kansas City · American League · AL Central
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At a glance
2026 Regular season
- Record
- 39-59
- Division position
- 5th in AL Central
- Wild Card
- 10.0 GB from final WC
- Run differential
- -87
No. 28 MLB
Standing
5th in AL Central
Division: 13.0 GB · Wild Card: 10.0 GB from final WC
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Schedule
Recent and upcoming games
Results and the next official games, shown in your local time.
Recent games
vs San Diego Padres
Jul 18 · Final
WP: Erceg · LP: Hart
Notable: Lugo: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K · ND
at Baltimore Orioles
Jul 12 · Final
WP: Wolfram · LP: Strahm
Notable: Lugo: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HR · ND
at Baltimore Orioles
Jul 11 · Final
WP: Bradish · LP: Cameron
Notable: Cameron: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 3 HR · L
at Baltimore Orioles
Jul 10 · Final
WP: Garcia · LP: Strahm · SV: Kittredge
Notable: Avila: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HR · ND
at New York Mets
Jul 9 · Final
WP: Manaea · LP: Wacha
Notable: Wacha: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 HR · L
Upcoming games
vs San Diego Padres
Jul 18 · Scheduled
Probable pitchers: Randy Dobnak vs Griffin Canning
48-49 · 3rd in NL West
vs San Diego Padres
Jul 19 · Scheduled
Probable pitchers: Noah Cameron vs Germán Márquez
48-49 · 3rd in NL West
Analytics
How this team has performed
Reliable team context, rankings, strengths, and weaknesses using the data available for MLB.
Team Quality
Record, run balance, and expected record from runs scored and allowed.
- Record
- 39-59
- Run differential
- -87
- Runs/game
- 4.3
- Runs allowed/game
- 5.2
- Expected record
- 40-58
- Actual vs expected
- -0.8 wins
No. 28 MLB
No. 28 MLB
No. 20 MLB
No. 27 MLB
Based on runs scored and allowed.
Offense
Team hitting rates and production from verified season totals.
- Runs/game
- 4.3
- OPS
- .714
- OBP
- .317
- SLG
- .397
- AVG
- .247
- Home runs
- 98
- BB%
- 8.5%
- K%
- 21.4%
- Hits/game
- 8.3
No. 20 MLB
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No. 11 MLB
Pitching and Run Prevention
Pitching staff results and opponent production.
- Runs allowed/game
- 5.2
- ERA
- 4.92
- WHIP
- 1.45
- Strikeouts
- 747
- Walks
- 373
- K/9
- 7.8
- BB/9
- 3.9
- HR allowed
- 130
- Opp AVG
- .264
- Opp OPS
- .790
No. 27 MLB
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Basic Defense
Only basic fielding totals that are available reliably.
- Errors
- 47
- Fielding %
- .987
- Double plays
- 86
No. 13 MLB
No. 9 MLB
No. 2 MLB
Only audited basic fielding totals are shown; unsupported defensive metrics are intentionally omitted.
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