2022 Kansas City Royals season

The 2022 Kansas City Royals season is the 54th season for the franchise, and their 50th at Kauffman Stadium.

2022 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)John Sherman
General manager(s)Dayton Moore
Manager(s)Mike Matheny
Local televisionBally Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
Local radioKCSP 610 AM
(Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Rex Hudler, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc, Jeff Montgomery)
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On December 2, 2021, Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred announced a lockout of players, following expiration of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). On March 10, 2022, the MLB and MLBPA agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, thus ending the lockout. Opening Day is scheduled for April 7.[1] Although MLB previously announced that several series would be cancelled due to the lockout, the agreement provides for a 162-game season, with originally canceled games to be made up via doubleheaders.[2]

Offseason

Lockout
Main article: 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout

The expiration of the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the Major League Baseball Players Association occurred on December 1, 2021 with no new agreement in place.[3] As a result, the team owners voted unanimously to lockout the players stopping all free agency and trades.[4][5]

The parties came to an agreement on a new CBA on March 10, 2022.[6]

Rule changes

Pursuant to the new CBA, several new rules were instituted for the 2022 season. The National League will adopt the designated hitter full-time, a draft lottery will be implemented, the postseason will expand from ten teams to twelve, and advertising patches will appear on player uniforms and helmets for the first time.[7][8]

Regular season

American League Central
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 139 0.591 — 8–4 5–5
Cleveland Guardians 1012 0.455 3 3–3 7–9
Chicago White Sox 813 0.381 4½ 6–6 2–7
Kansas City Royals 713 0.350 5 5–8 2–5
Detroit Tigers 714 0.333 5½ 4–8 3–6

American League Wild Card
Division leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 166 0.727
Los Angeles Angels 158 0.652
Minnesota Twins 139 0.591


Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Toronto Blue Jays 158 0.652 +2½
Tampa Bay Rays 1210 0.545 —
Seattle Mariners 1210 0.545 —
Houston Astros 1111 0.500 1
Cleveland Guardians 1012 0.455 2
Oakland Athletics 1012 0.455 2
Boston Red Sox 914 0.391 3½
Chicago White Sox 813 0.381 3½
Baltimore Orioles 814 0.364 4
Texas Rangers 814 0.364 4
Kansas City Royals 713 0.350 4
Detroit Tigers 714 0.333 4½

Game Log


2022 Game Log: 7–13 (Home: 5–7; Away: 2–6)
April: 7–12 (Home: 5–6 ; Away: 2–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 7Guardians3–1Barlow (1–0)McKenzie (0–1)—28,4591–0W1
2April 9Guardians1–0 (10)Snider (1–0)Clase (0–1)—17,1032–0W2
3April 10Guardians3–17Quantrill (1–0)Bubic (0–1)—20,1652–1L1
4April 11Guardians7–10Allen (1–0)Brentz (0–1)—8,9712–2L2
5April 12@ Cardinals5–6Hicks (1–0)Lynch (0–1)Gallegos (1)40,3982–3L3
—April 13@ CardinalsPPD, RAIN; rescheduled for MAY 2
6April 14Tigers2–4Jiménez (1–0)Brentz (0–1)Soto (2)9,5952–4L4
7April 15Tigers1–2Barnes (1–0)Keller (0–1)Fulmer (1)16,7202–5L5
8April 16Tigers3–1Snider (1–0)Vest (0–1)Staumont (1)19,0223–5W1
—April 17TigersPPD, RAIN; rescheduled for JULY 11
9April 19Twins4–3Garrett (1–0)Duffey (0–2)Staumont (2)10,3034–5W2
10April 20Twins2–0Lynch (1–1)Paddack (0–2)Barlow (1)8,9695–5W3
11April 21Twins0–1Ryan (2–1)Greinke (0–1)Pagán (1)15,5405–6L1
12April 22@ Mariners1–4Flexen (1–2)Keller (0–2)Muñoz (1)24,2065–7L2
13April 23@ Mariners7–13Castillo (1–0)Brentz (0–3)—28,5835–8L3
14April 24@ Mariners4–5 (12)Ramírez (1–0)Payamps (0–1)—28,5485–9L4
15April 26@ White Sox6–0Lynch (2–1)Keuchel (1–2)—12,0316–9W1
16April 27@ White Sox3–7Sousa (1–0)Snider (2–1)Graveman (1)12,3636–10L1
17April 28@ White Sox5–2 (10)Barlow (2–0)Bummer (0–1)Clarke (1)11,2427–10W1
18April 29Yankees2–12 (8)Cortes Jr. (1–0)Bubic (0–2)—16,4607–11L1
19April 30Yankees0–3Cole (2–0)Hernández (0–1)Chapman (5)23,9657–12L2
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–1 ; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
20May 1Yankees4–6Schmidt (2–2)Coleman (0–1)Chapman (6)19,7047–13L3
21May 2@ Cardinals–—–
22May 3Cardinals–—–
23May 4Cardinals–—–
24May 6@ Orioles–—–
25May 7@ Orioles–—–
26May 8@ Orioles–—–
27May 10@ Rangers–—–
28May 11@ Rangers–—–
29May 12@ Rangers–—–
30May 13@ Rockies–—–
31May 14@ Rockies–—–
32May 15@ Rockies–—–
33May 16White Sox–—–
34May 17 (1)White Sox–—–
35May 17 (2)White Sox–—–
36May 18White Sox–—–
37May 19White Sox–—–
38May 20Twins–—–
39May 21Twins–—–
40May 22Twins–—–
41May 23@ Diamondbacks–—–
42May 24@ Diamondbacks–—–
43May 26@ Twins–—–
44May 27@ Twins–—–
45May 28@ Twins–—–
46May 29@ Twins–—–
47May 30@ Guardians–—–
48May 31@ Guardians–—–
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
49June 1@ Guardians–—–
50June 3Astros–—–
51June 4Astros–—–
52June 5Astros–—–
53June 6Blue Jays–—–
54June 7Blue Jays–—–
55June 8Blue Jays–—–
56June 9Orioles–—–
57June 10Orioles–—–
58June 11Orioles–—–
59June 12Orioles–—–
60June 13@ Giants–—–
61June 14@ Giants–—–
62June 15@ Giants–—–
63June 17@ Athletics–—–
64June 18@ Athletics–—–
65June 19@ Athletics–—–
66June 20@ Angels–—–
67June 21@ Angels–—–
68June 22@ Angels–—–
69June 24Athletics–—–
70June 25Athletics–—–
71June 26Athletics–—–
72June 27Rangers–—–
73June 28Rangers–—–
74June 29Rangers–—–
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
75July 1@ Tigers–—–
76July 2@ Tigers–—–
77July 3@ Tigers–—–
78July 4@ Astros–—–
79July 5@ Astros–—–
80July 6@ Astros–—–
81July 7@ Astros–—–
82July 8Guardians–—–
83July 9Guardians–—–
84July 10Guardians–—–
85July 11 (1)Tigers–—–
86July 11 (2)Tigers–—–
87July 12Tigers–—–
88July 13Tigers–—–
89July 14@ Blue Jays–—–
90July 15@ Blue Jays–—–
91July 16@ Blue Jays–—–
92July 17@ Blue Jays–—–
92nd All-Star Game in Los Angeles, California
93July 22Rays–—–
94July 23Rays–—–
95July 24Rays–—–
96July 25Angels–—–
97July 26Angels–—–
98July 27Angels–—–
99July 28@ Yankees–—–
100July 29@ Yankees–—–
101July 30@ Yankees–—–
102July 31@ Yankees–—–
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
103August 1@ White Sox–—–
104August 2@ White Sox–—–
105August 3@ White Sox–—–
106August 4Red Sox–—–
107August 5Red Sox–—–
108August 6Red Sox–—–
109August 7Red Sox–—–
110August 9White Sox–—–
111August 10 (1)White Sox–—–
112August 10 (2)White Sox–—–
113August 11White Sox–—–
114August 12Dodgers–—–
115August 13Dodgers–—–
116August 14Dodgers–—–
117August 15@ Twins–—–
118August 16@ Twins–—–
119August 17@ Twins–—–
120August 18@ Rays–—–
121August 19@ Rays–—–
122August 20@ Rays–—–
123August 21@ Rays–—–
124August 22White Sox–—–
125August 23Diamondbacks–—–
126August 24Diamondbacks–—–
127August 26Padres–—–
128August 27Padres–—–
129August 28Padres–—–
130August 30@ White Sox–—–
131August 31@ White Sox–—–
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
132September 1@ White Sox–—–
133September 2@ Tigers–—–
134September 3@ Tigers–—–
135September 4@ Tigers–—–
136September 5Guardians–—–
137September 6Guardians–—–
138September 7Guardians–—–
139September 9Tigers–—–
140September 10Tigers–—–
141September 11Tigers–—–
142September 13@ Twins–—–
143September 14@ Twins–—–
144September 15@ Twins–—–
145September 16@ Red Sox–—–
146September 17@ Red Sox–—–
147September 18@ Red Sox–—–
148September 20Twins–—–
149September 21Twins–—–
150September 22Twins–—–
151September 23Mariners–—–
152September 24Mariners–—–
153September 25Mariners–—–
154September 27@ Tigers–—–
155September 28@ Tigers–—–
156September 29@ Tigers–—–
157September 30@ Guardians–—–
October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
158October 1@ Guardians–—–
159October 2@ Guardians–—–
160October 3@ Guardians–—–
161October 4@ Guardians–—–
162October 5@ Guardians–—–
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Player stats

Batting
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Andrew Benintendi 19 67 6 25 1 1 1 10 .373 0
Hunter Dozier 17 66 6 16 3 1 3 6 .242 0
Kyle Isbel 4 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 .222 0
Nicky Lopez 19 59 6 13 3 0 0 2 .220 0
Whit Merrifield 19 78 4 11 3 0 0 4 .141 3
Adalberto Mondesi 15 50 3 7 0 0 0 3 .140 5
Ryan O'Hearn 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Edward Olivares 10 19 4 5 1 0 0 1 .263 2
Salvador Perez 19 73 9 15 4 0 5 9 .205 0
Emmanuel Rivera 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Carlos Santana 17 55 6 7 1 0 1 5 .127 0
Michael A. Taylor 17 49 7 9 0 0 1 5 .184 0
Bobby Witt Jr. 19 74 6 16 5 1 0 5 .216 4
Totals 19 622 59 130 23 3 11 55 .209 14

Pitching
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Scott Barlow 2 0 1.93 9 0 1 9.1 2 2 3 10
Ronald Bolanos 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 4.1 0 0 4 3
Jake Brentz 0 3 23.63 8 0 0 5.1 15 14 10 9
Kris Bubic 0 2 10.50 4 4 0 12.0 14 14 9 8
Taylor Clarke 0 0 1.13 8 0 1 8.0 2 1 0 8
Dylan Coleman 0 0 6.14 9 0 0 7.1 5 5 5 11
Amir Garrett 1 0 0.00 6 0 0 5.1 0 0 2 6
Zack Greinke 0 1 2.86 4 4 0 22.0 7 7 3 6
Carlos Hernández 0 1 6.00 4 4 0 18.0 13 12 10 8
Brad Keller 0 2 2.19 4 4 0 24.2 7 6 5 17
Jackson Kowar 0 0 18.90 1 0 0 3.1 7 7 1 4
Daniel Lynch 2 1 3.38 3 3 0 16.0 6 6 4 16
Joel Payamps 0 1 1.50 6 0 0 6.0 2 1 2 5
Brady Singer 0 0 6.35 3 0 0 5.2 4 4 1 6
Collin Snider 2 1 3.24 10 0 0 8.1 3 3 3 8
Gabe Speier 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 6
Josh Staumont 0 0 4.00 10 0 2 9.0 4 4 4 12
Totals 7 12 4.55 19 19 4 170.0 91 86 66 143

Current roster
Kansas City Royals roster
Active roster Inactive roster Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Manager

Coaches

60-day injured list



Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers International League
Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals Texas League
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
  1. Feinsand, Mark (March 10, 2022). "MLB, MLBPA agree to new CBA; season to start April 7". Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  2. Lacques, Gabe (March 10, 2022). "Baseball is back: MLB, players agree on new CBA to salvage 162-game 2022 season". USA Today. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  3. Baumann, Michael (December 2, 2021). "All the Questions—and Answers—About the Most Important Details of the MLB Lockout". The Ringer. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  4. Nightengale, Gabe Lacques and Bob. "MLB lockout is on after collective bargaining agreement expires, owners agree to freeze out players". USA TODAY. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  5. Selbe, Nick. "MLB Owners Vote Unanimously to Institute Lockout". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
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