2016 Kansas City Royals season

The Kansas City Royals entered the 2016 Kansas City Royals season as the defending World Series champions, hoping to reach the World Series for the third consecutive season. Before the season, the team signed free agents Ian Kennedy (a starting pitcher) and Joakim Soria (a reliever) and re-signed star Alex Gordon.[1] However, several players from the previous year's team departed in free agency, including right fielder Alex Rios, second baseman/outfielder Ben Zobrist, and pitchers Greg Holland, Ryan Madson, and Franklin Morales.[2]

2016 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)David Glass
General manager(s)Dayton Moore
Manager(s)Ned Yost
Local televisionFox Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
Local radioKCSP 610 AM
(Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc)
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The 2016 Royals team was adversely affected by injuries to Gordon, center fielder Lorenzo Cain, closer Wade Davis (baseball), and third baseman Mike Moustakas.[1] The team was eliminated from postseason contention with four games left in the season, becoming the fourth consecutive World Series winner to miss the playoffs the following year.[3] The Royals ended the season with an 81–81 record, finishing in third place in the Central Division.[4]

Season standings

American League Central
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9467 0.584 — 53–28 41–39
Detroit Tigers 8675 0.534 8 45–35 41–40
Kansas City Royals 8181 0.500 13½ 47–34 34–47
Chicago White Sox 7884 0.481 16½ 45–36 33–48
Minnesota Twins 59103 0.364 35½ 30–51 29–52

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Texas Rangers 9567 0.586
Cleveland Indians 9467 0.584
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 —
Baltimore Orioles 8973 0.549 —
Detroit Tigers 8675 0.534 2½
Seattle Mariners 8676 0.531 3
New York Yankees 8478 0.519 5
Houston Astros 8478 0.519 5
Kansas City Royals 8181 0.500 8
Chicago White Sox 7884 0.481 11
Los Angeles Angels 7488 0.457 15
Oakland Athletics 6993 0.426 20
Tampa Bay Rays 6894 0.420 21
Minnesota Twins 59103 0.364 30

Record against opponents
2016 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore —8–114–35–15–21–64–24–25–110–93–41–613–63–49–1014–6
Boston 11–8—3–44–22–55–22–44–34–311–85–14–312–73–39–1014–6
Chicago 3–44–3—8–117–123–35–142–512–73–35–24–34–34–25–19–11
Cleveland 1–52–411–8—14–43–414–56–110–92–54–23–45–12–54–313–7
Detroit 2–55–212–74–14—4–27–122–415–43–34–34–36–12–43–413–7
Houston 6–12–53–34–32–4—3–413–65–22–413–611–83–34–152–511–9
Kansas City 2–44–214–55–1412–74–3—1–515–42–51–63–45–21–62–410–10
Los Angeles 2–43–45–21–64–26–135–1—2–41–612–78–113–49–104–39–11
Minnesota 1–53–47–129–104–152–54–154–2—2–52–44–23–45–21–68–12
New York 9–108–113–35–23–34–25–26–15–2—4–33–311–83–47–128–12
Oakland 4–31–52–52–43–46–136–17–124–23–4—7–125–29–103–37–13
Seattle 6–13–43–44–33–48–114–311–82–43–312–7—4–27–123–313–7
Tampa Bay 6–137–123–41–51–63–32–54–34–38–112–52–4—4–211–810–10
Texas 4–33–32–45–24–215–46–110–92–54–310–912–72–4—3–413–7
Toronto 10–910–91–53–44–35–24–23–46–112–73–33–38–114–3—13–7

Game log
2016 Game Log: 81–81 (Home: 47–34; Away: 34–47)
April: 12–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 4–8)
May: 17–11 (Home: 10–4; Away: 7–7)
September: 12–15 (Home: 6–9; Away: 6–6)
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Roster
2016 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Storm Chasers Pacific Coast League Brian Poldberg
AA Northwest Arkansas Naturals Texas League Vance Wilson
A-Advanced Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Jamie Quirk
A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League Omar Ramírez
Rookie Burlington Royals Appalachian League Scott Thorman
Rookie Idaho Falls Chukars Pioneer League Justin Gemoll
Rookie DSL Royals Dominican Summer League Darryl Kennedy

References
  1. "Royals' injuries, fatigue led to uneven 2016". MLB.com.
  2. "2016 MLB preview: A team-by-team capsule, including key additions and losses". UPI.
  3. Sep 28, foxsports; ET, 2016 at 10:30p (September 28, 2016). "Royals defeat Twins, but get officially eliminated from playoffs". FOX Sports.
  4. Benjamin, Josh. "30 Teams In 30 Days: Kansas City Royals Seek To Reclaim Throne". Forbes.
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