The Kansas Metropolis Royals have been certainly one of three American League Central groups to make the postseason in 2024 together with the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians.
After pulling off a sweep in opposition to the Baltimore Orioles within the wild-card collection, the Royals fell to the eventual American League Champion New York Yankees within the American League Division Sequence.
The Royals made the postseason for the primary time since profitable the World Sequence in 2015, and they’ll look to maintain up that momentum in 2025.
With the offseason now underway, the Royals have already signed certainly one of their Veteran pitchers for the subsequent three seasons.
In keeping with MLB on ‘X,’ the Royals signed right-handed pitcher Michael Wacha to a three-year cope with a membership possibility for 2028.
Royals signal RHP Michael Wacha to a three-year cope with a membership possibility for 2028. pic.twitter.com/QwYe24J1yU
Wacha had a strong first season with the Royals as he began 29 video games with a file of 13 wins and eight losses and a 3.35 earned run common with 145 strikeouts in 166.2 innings pitched.
The 33-year-old beginning pitcher has now performed for six completely different groups with all of them being for just one yr besides the St. Louis Cardinals the place he performed seven seasons.
Wacha began two video games in opposition to the Yankees within the ALDS the place he pitched 8.2 innings permitting 10 hits, 5 earned runs, and 4 walks whereas hanging out 5.
The Royals completed in second place within the AL Central, and they’ll look to problem the Guardians for his or her first AL Central title since 2015 as they put together for subsequent season.
Though the Royals solely have 4 playoff appearances since 1985, three of them ended with appearances within the World Sequence.