2022 Kansas City Royals Roster (40-man)

2021 Season

Record: 65-97-0, 5th place in AL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Mike Matheny (65-97)

President: Dayton Moore (President, Baseball Operations; Fired 09/21/22)

General Manager: J.J. Picollo

Farm Director: Lonnie Goldberg

Scouting Director: Danny Ontiveros

Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium

Attendance: 1,277,686 (13th of 15)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 105
One-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 64-98, 640 Runs, 810 Runs Allowed

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Current 40-Man Roster

Active Roster in Bold

Current 40-Man Roster
Rk	Uni	Name			OnActv	IL	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	1stYr
1	24	Jordan Lyles	us US	Pitcher	*		31	R	R	6' 5"	230	Oct 19, 1990	2008
2	23	Zack Greinke	us US	Pitcher	*		38	R	R	6' 2"	200	Oct 21, 1983	2002
3	45	Taylor Clarke	us US	Pitcher	*		29	R	R	6' 4"	217	May 13, 1993	2012
4	58	Scott Barlow	us US	Pitcher	*		29	R	R	6' 3"	210	Dec 18, 1992	2011
5	48	Ryan Yarbrough	us US	Pitcher	*		30	R	L	6' 5"	205	Dec 31, 1991	2013
6	55	Richard Lovelady	us US	Pitcher	*		26	L	L	6' 0"	185	Jul 7, 1995	2015
7	60	Max Castillo	ve VE	Pitcher	*		23	R	R	6' 2"	280	May 4, 1999	2016
8	50	Kris Bubic	us US	Pitcher	*		24	L	L	6' 3"	225	Aug 19, 1997	2016
9	38	Josh Taylor	us US	Pitcher	*		29	L	L	6' 5"	245	Mar 2, 1993	2014
10	63	Josh Staumont	us US	Pitcher	*		28	R	R	6' 3"	200	Dec 21, 1993	2014
11	74	Jose Cuas	do DO	Pitcher	*		28	R	R	6' 3"	195	Jun 28, 1994	2013
12	59	Jake Brentz	us US	Pitcher	*		27	L	L	6' 1"	205	Sep 14, 1994	2013
13	22	Amir Garrett	us US	Pitcher	*		30	R	L	6' 5"	239	May 3, 1992	2012
14	54	Aroldis Chapman	cu CU	Pitcher	*		34	L	L	6' 4"	218	Feb 28, 1988	2005
15	56	Brad Keller	us US	Pitcher	*		26	R	R	6' 5"	255	Jul 27, 1995	2013
16	52	Daniel Lynch	us US	Pitcher	*		25	L	L	6' 6"	200	Nov 17, 1996	2016
17	40	Collin Snider	us US	Pitcher	*		26	R	R	6' 4"	195	Oct 10, 1995	2015
18	43	Carlos Hernández	ve VE	Pitcher	*		25	R	R	6' 4"	245	Mar 11, 1997	2017
19	65	Dylan Coleman	us US	Pitcher	*		25	R	R	6' 5"	230	Sep 16, 1996	2016
20	51	Brady Singer	us US	Pitcher	*		25	R	R	6' 5"	215	Aug 4, 1996	2016
21	1	MJ Melendez	us US	Position	*		23	L	R	6' 1"	190	Nov 29, 1998	2017
22	9	Vinnie Pasquantino	us US	Position	*		24	L	L	6' 4"	245	Oct 10, 1997	2017
23	13	Salvador Perez	ve VE	Position	*		32	R	R	6' 3"	255	May 10, 1990	2007
24	7	Bobby Witt	us US	Position	*		22	R	R	6' 1"	200	Jun 14, 2000	2019
25	8	Nicky Lopez	us US	Position	*		27	L	R	5' 11"	180	Mar 13, 1995	2014
26	32	Nick Pratto	us US	Position	*		23	L	L	6' 1"	215	Oct 6, 1998	2017
27	18	Nate Eaton	us US	Position	*		25	R	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 22, 1996	2016
28	19	Michael Massey	us US	Position	*		24	L	R	6' 0"	190	Mar 22, 1998	2017
29	11	Maikel Garcia	ve VE	Position	*		22	R	R	6' 0"	145	Mar 3, 2000	2017
30	28	Kyle Isbel	us US	Position	*		25	L	R	5' 11"	190	Mar 3, 1997	2016
31	6	Drew Waters	us US	Position	*		23	S	R	6' 2"	185	Dec 30, 1998	2017
32	17	Hunter Dozier	us US	Position	*		30	R	R	6' 4"	220	Aug 22, 1991	2011
33	34	Freddy Fermin	ve VE	Position	*		27	R	R	5' 10"	200	May 16, 1995	2016
34	14	Edward Olivares	ve VE	Position	*		26	R	R	6' 2"	190	Mar 6, 1996	2014
35	61	Angel Zerpa	ve VE	Pitcher		60-day	22	L	L	6' 0"	220	Sep 27, 1999	2017
36	67	Alec Marsh	us US	Pitcher			24	R	R	6' 2"	220	May 14, 1998	2017
37	49	Jonathan Heasley	us US	Pitcher			25	R	R	6' 3"	225	Jan 27, 1997	2017
38	62	Jonathan Bowlan	us US	Pitcher			25	R	R	6' 6"	240	Dec 1, 1996	2016
39	37	Jackson Kowar	us US	Pitcher			25	R	R	6' 5"	200	Oct 4, 1996	2016
40	35	Diego Hernandez	do DO	Position			21	L	L	6' 0"	150	Nov 21, 2000	2018
41		Samad Taylor	us US	Position			23	R	R	5' 10"	160	Jul 11, 1998	2016
Rk	Uni	Name			OnActv	IL	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	1stYr

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Albert Abreu	26	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	190	Sep 26, 1995	3	4	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Scott Barlow	29	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Dec 18, 1992	5	69	0	3	69	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	$2,400,000
Andrew Benintendi	27	us US	L	L	5' 9"	180	Jul 6, 1994	7	93	89	93	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	91	0	0	91	1	3	0	2.5	$8,500,000	All-Star
Dairon Blanco	29	cu CU	R	R	6' 0"	170	Apr 26, 1993	1st	5	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	1	2	0.0
Ronald Bolaños	25	cu CU	R	R	6' 2"	230	Aug 23, 1996	4	8	0	1	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Jake Brentz	27	us US	L	L	6' 1"	205	Sep 14, 1994	2	8	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.3
Kris Bubic	24	us US	L	L	6' 3"	225	Aug 19, 1997	3	28	27	0	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Max Castillo	23	ve VE	R	R	6' 2"	280	May 4, 1999	1st	5	4	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Taylor Clarke	29	us US	R	R	6' 4"	217	May 13, 1993	4	47	0	4	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$975,000
Dylan Coleman	25	us US	R	R	6' 5"	230	Sep 16, 1996	2	68	0	4	68	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7
Jose Cuas	28	do DO	R	R	6' 3"	195	Jun 28, 1994	1st	47	0	0	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Hunter Dozier	30	us US	R	R	6' 4"	220	Aug 22, 1991	6	129	121	128	101	1	0	42	0	27	0	9	0	35	40	25	4	1	-1.3	$4,750,000
Nate Eaton	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 22, 1996	1st	44	33	44	43	0	0	0	0	15	0	6	5	20	30	0	4	6	0.9
Freddy Fermin	27	ve VE	R	R	5' 10"	200	May 16, 1995	1st	3	2	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Cam Gallagher	29	us US	R	R	6' 3"	230	Dec 6, 1992	6	18	14	18	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$885,000
Maikel Garcia	22	ve VE	R	R	6' 0"	145	Mar 3, 2000	1st	9	6	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1
Amir Garrett	30	us US	R	L	6' 5"	239	May 3, 1992	6	60	0	0	60	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$2,025,000
Zack Greinke	38	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Oct 21, 1983	19	26	26	0	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	$13,000,000
Foster Griffin	26	us US	R	L	6' 3"	225	Jul 27, 1995	2	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Jonathan Heasley	25	us US	R	R	6' 3"	225	Jan 27, 1997	2	21	21	0	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Carlos Hernández	25	ve VE	R	R	6' 4"	245	Mar 11, 1997	3	27	7	1	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.3
Brewer Hicklen	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	220	Feb 9, 1996	1st	6	1	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	0	1	3	-0.1
Kyle Isbel	25	us US	L	R	5' 11"	190	Mar 3, 1997	2	106	72	106	101	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	30	49	101	3	4	13	0.4
Brad Keller	26	us US	R	R	6' 5"	255	Jul 27, 1995	5	35	22	0	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$4,825,000
Jackson Kowar	25	us US	R	R	6' 5"	200	Oct 4, 1996	2	7	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Nicky Lopez	27	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	Mar 13, 1995	4	142	127	141	140	1	0	0	68	30	52	0	0	0	0	2	3	7	-0.3	$2,550,000
Daniel Lynch	25	us US	L	L	6' 6"	200	Nov 17, 1996	2	27	27	1	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Michael Massey	24	us US	L	R	6' 0"	190	Mar 22, 1998	1st	52	47	52	49	0	0	0	48	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0.8
MJ Melendez	23	us US	L	R	6' 1"	190	Nov 29, 1998	1st	129	124	129	111	0	78	0	0	0	0	23	0	15	38	23	3	1	0.5
Daniel Mengden	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	215	Feb 19, 1993	6	5	1	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Whit Merrifield	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Jan 24, 1989	7	95	95	95	90	0	0	0	61	0	0	0	6	33	39	5	0	0	-0.2	$7,000,000
Wyatt Mills	27	us US	R	R	6' 4"	214	Jan 25, 1995	2	19	0	0	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Anthony Misiewicz	27	us US	R	L	6' 1"	196	Nov 1, 1994	3	15	0	0	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Adalberto Mondesí	26	us US	B	R	6' 1"	200	Jul 27, 1995	8	15	15	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$3,000,000
Ryan O'Hearn	28	us US	L	L	6' 3"	220	Jul 26, 1993	5	67	28	67	25	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	17	33	1	-0.5	$1,300,000
Edward Olivares	26	ve VE	R	R	6' 2"	190	Mar 6, 1996	3	53	41	53	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	27	39	9	7	4	0.1
Vinnie Pasquantino	24	us US	L	L	6' 4"	245	Oct 10, 1997	1st	72	72	72	37	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	0	0	1.4
Joel Payamps	28	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	217	Apr 7, 1994	4	29	0	1	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
Matt Peacock	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Feb 27, 1994	2	7	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Salvador Perez	32	ve VE	R	R	6' 3"	255	May 10, 1990	11	114	114	114	77	0	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	0	2.7	$18,000,000
Nick Pratto	23	us US	L	L	6' 1"	215	Oct 6, 1998	1st	49	46	49	48	0	0	43	0	0	0	7	0	1	8	0	2	0	-0.2
Emmanuel Rivera	26	pr PR	R	R	6' 2"	225	Jun 29, 1996	2	63	53	63	58	0	0	1	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0.8
Sebastian Rivero	23	ve VE	R	R	6' 1"	210	Nov 16, 1998	2	17	7	17	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.2
Brent Rooker	27	us US	R	R	6' 4"	225	Nov 1, 1994	3	14	7	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	6	5	7	0	-0.2
Carlos Santana	36	do DO	B	R	5' 11"	215	Apr 8, 1986	13	52	51	52	42	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0.6	$10,500,000
Brady Singer	25	us US	R	R	6' 5"	215	Aug 4, 1996	3	27	24	0	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5
Collin Snider	26	us US	R	R	6' 4"	195	Oct 10, 1995	1st	42	0	2	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Gabe Speier	27	us US	L	L	5' 11"	200	Apr 12, 1995	4	17	1	0	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7
Josh Staumont	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Dec 21, 1993	4	42	0	2	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Michael A. Taylor	31	us US	R	R	6' 4"	215	Mar 26, 1991	9	124	115	124	123	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	123	0	123	1	6	2	3.2	$4,500,000
Arodys Vizcaíno	31	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	245	Nov 13, 1990	8	7	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Drew Waters	23	us US	B	R	6' 2"	185	Dec 30, 1998	1st	32	28	32	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	17	31	1	0	2	0.3
Luke Weaver	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	183	Aug 21, 1993	7	14	0	0	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Bobby Witt	22	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Jun 14, 2000	1st	150	148	150	148	0	0	0	0	55	98	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.9
Angel Zerpa	22	ve VE	L	L	6' 0"	220	Sep 27, 1999	2	3	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Mike Matheny	51	us US	Sep 22, 1970	Manager	Apr 7	Oct 5
Pedro Grifol	52	us US	Nov 28, 1969	Bench Coach	Apr 7
Keoni De Renne	43	us US	Apr 30, 1979	Assistant Hitting Coach	Apr 7
Terry Bradshaw	53	us US	Feb 3, 1969	Hitting Coach	Apr 7
Cal Eldred	54	us US	Nov 24, 1967	Pitching Coach	Apr 7
Larry Carter	57	us US	May 22, 1965	Bullpen Coach	Apr 7
Damon Hollins	48	us US	Jun 12, 1974	First Base Coach	Apr 7
Vance Wilson	49	us US	Mar 17, 1973	Third Base Coach	Apr 7
Ryan Eigsti	36	us US	Aug 24, 1985	Bullpen Catcher	Apr 7
Rusty Kuntz	67	us US	Feb 4, 1955	Coach	Apr 7
John Mabry	51	us US	Oct 17, 1970	Coach	Apr 7
Parker Morin	30	us US	Jul 2, 1991	Lead Strategist/Bullpen Catcher	Apr 7
Bill Duplissea	44	us US	Sep 27, 1977	Replay Coordinator	Apr 7
Allan de San Miguel	34	au AU	Feb 1, 1988	Strategist/Bullpen Catcher	Apr 7
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date