Kansas City Royals
Major League Baseball franchise in Kansas City
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| 2025 | The Royals began wearing their full powder blue uniforms not just at home, but also on select road games, a practice not seen since 1991. |
| 2025 | The Royals maintained their minor league affiliate structure with Omaha Storm Chasers (Triple-A), Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Double-A), Quad Cities River Bandits (High-A), Columbia Fireflies (Single-A), ACL Royals, and two DSL teams (Fortuna and Ventura). |
| May 16 2025 | Retired from professional baseball. |
| May 2025 | An affiliate of the Royals purchased the mortgage on the Aspiria campus in Overland Park, Kansas, potentially signaling a future stadium location. |
| April 13 2025 | Promoted to the major leagues for the first time by the Kansas City Royals. |
| 2025 | Cole Ragans starts Opening Day for the Royals for the second consecutive year, with the team losing 4-7 against the Cleveland Guardians. |
| 2025 | Alex Gordon inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame, celebrating his career as a left fielder from 2007 to 2020. |
| 2025 | The Royals implemented a new uniform tradition of wearing full powder blue uniforms for every Saturday home game. |
| 2025 | Optioned to Triple-A Omaha to begin the season. |
| February 2025 | Former manager Ned Yost rejoined the team as a senior advisor to general manager J. J. Picollo. |
| 2024 | DSL Royals Fortuna was created as a Dominican Summer League affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. |
| 2024 | The ACL Royals were established as a Rookie-level team in the Arizona Complex League. |
| 2024 | Bobby Witt Jr. set a record for Extra-Base Hits with 88 in a single season. |
| 2024 | Cole Ragans starts Opening Day for the Royals, losing 1-4 against the Minnesota Twins. |
| 2024 | Bo Jackson inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame, honoring his career as a left fielder from 1986 to 1990. |
| 2024 | Promoted from Quad Cities to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals and named the Royals' Paul Splittorff Pitcher of the Year. |
| 2024 | Did not appear in any games due to a pre-season injury. |
| 2024 | Assigned to Quad Cities to open the season. |
| 2024 | Following the 2024 season, Cameron is added to the Royals' 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. |
| 2024 | Cameron splits the season between Northwest Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers, recording a 7-6 record, 3.08 ERA, and 149 strikeouts across 128 2/3 innings in 25 starts. |
| 2024 | Made 20 starts split between the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals and Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers, compiling a 6-5 record and 4.14 ERA with 85 strikeouts. Following the season, was added to the Royals' 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. |
| December 11 2024 | Selected by the Kansas City Royals in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. |
| November 2024 | The Royals reported examining 'two or three' potential stadium sites in Johnson County, Kansas, exploring relocation options. |
| November 1 2024 | Added to the Royals' 40-man roster to prevent reaching minor league free agency. |
| September 27 2024 | The Royals clinched their first playoff berth since 2015. They swept the Baltimore Orioles in the Wild Card round and lost to the New York Yankees in the American League Division series. |
| April 2 2024 | A ballot amendment for a 40-year extension of a 3/8th tax to fund the new Royals Stadium was voted on and failed, with 58% of voters rejecting the proposal. |
| February 2024 | Crossroads district emerged as the final site chosen for the new Royals stadium. |
| 2023 | Matt Quatraro becomes the most recent manager of the Kansas City Royals, taking the helm from 2023 onwards. |
| 2023 | Ned Yost inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame, recognizing his role as manager from 2010 to 2019. |
| 2023 | The Royals began wearing powder blue alternate uniforms with matching powder blue pants for select games, a combination not seen since the 1991 season. |
| 2023 | Played for Florida Complex League Mets, St. Lucie Mets, and Binghamton Rumble Ponies before being placed on the injured list in August. |
| 2023 | Played with the Quad Cities River Bandits, hitting .211 with 11 home runs and 45 RBIs over 116 games. |
| 2023 | Began the season with Nashville. |
| 2023 | Cameron pitches for Quad Cities and the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals. |
| 2023 | Played for the High-A Quad Cities River Bandits, logging a 4-7 record and 4.39 ERA with 102 strikeouts in 108 2/3 innings across 22 games (20 starts). |
| December 14 2023 | Traded to the Kansas City Royals alongside Ryan Brady in exchange for Taylor Clarke. |
| August 2 2023 | Traded from the San Diego Padres to the Kansas City Royals along with Jesus Rios in exchange for Scott Barlow, and subsequently assigned to the Columbia Fireflies of the Single-A Carolina League. |
| June 2023 | The team announced two final sites under consideration for the stadium district: East Village neighborhood and North Kansas City. |
| June 23 2023 | Traded by the Los Angeles Angels to the New York Mets along with Coleman Crow in exchange for Eduardo Escobar. |
| May 2023 | Assigned to the Single-A Lake Elsinore Storm to begin his professional baseball career. |
| January 23 2023 | Traded to the Kansas City Royals alongside Steven Cruz in exchange for Michael A. Taylor. Assigned to the Omaha Storm Chasers. |
| 2022 | Low-A was reclassified as Single-A. The Royals' minor league affiliate structure remained largely consistent, with a slight reduction in DSL teams from four to two, now named DSL Royals Glass and DSL Royals Stewart. |
| 2022 | Zack Greinke returns to start Opening Day for the Royals, with the team winning 3-1 against the Cleveland Guardians at Kauffman Stadium. |
| 2022 | Played for Wichita and was promoted to St. Paul Saints in mid-June. Achieved 5-1 record with 1.57 ERA and 76 strikeouts over 63 innings. |
| 2022 | The team finished fourth in the AL Central with a 65-97 record, and Mike Matheny was fired after the season finale in Cleveland. |
| 2022 | The Royals fielded a roster with several rookies, including Bobby Witt Jr., MJ Melendez, and Vinnie Pasquantino, often having six or more rookies in the lineup. |
| 2022 | The Kansas City Royals unveiled a new uniform set, featuring thicker sleeve stripes on the home uniform and returning to block road letters reminiscent of their 1971-1982 design, including chest numbers on road uniforms. |
| 2022 | The Royals introduced 'City Connect' uniforms inspired by Kansas City's 'City of Fountains' nickname, featuring a navy blue top with powder blue accents and a stylized water fountain-shaped 'KC' insignia. |
| 2022 | Dayton Moore was promoted to President of Baseball Operations, and J. J. Picollo became general manager. Moore was fired by the end of the season. |
| 2022 | Wilson starts the season on the injured list and is subsequently assigned to the High-A Quad Cities River Bandits. |
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