Kansas City Royals depth chart and fantasy outlook

Bobby Witt Jr. is the Royals' best fantasy player for 2027, ranked 9 overall. The rotation as the club lists it starts with Cole Ragans, Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha, and Carlos Estévez is the closer. They went 69-93 in 2026, scoring 690 runs and allowing 810.

Lineup depth chart

Catcher

1.Salvador Perez#166
2.Carter Jensen#80
3.Luke Maile

First base

Second base

Third base

Shortstop

Left field

Center field

Right field

1.Jac Caglianone#141
2.John Rave#961

Designated hitter

Pitching staff

Rotation

1.Cole Ragans(Injured 60-Day)#390
2.Seth Lugo#671
3.Michael Wacha#149
4.Noah Cameron#158
5.Stephen Kolek(Injured 60-Day)#425
6.Luinder Avila(Injured 60-Day)#497
7.Daniel Lynch IV#361
8.Randy Dobnak#642
9.Tony Gonsolin#770

Closer

1.Carlos Estévez(Injured 60-Day)
2.Steven Cruz(Restricted List)#371

Bullpen

1.Nick Mears(Injured 60-Day)#598
2.Connor Seabold(Injured 60-Day)#812
3.Beck Way#672
4.Nate Pearson#721
5.Anthony Gose
6.Connor Thomas#895
7.Craig Kimbrel#687
8.Alex Lange#896
9.Lucas Erceg#454
10.Nolan Hoffman
11.Jose Cuas#762

Royals on the 2027 fantasy board

Kansas City Royals players on the 2027 fantasy board
Rank	Player	Age	2027 projection	Value
9	Bobby Witt Jr. SSKC	27	20 HR, 89 R, 70 RBI, 32 SB, .296 AVG	+9.6
80	Carter Jensen CKC	23	22 HR, 69 R, 69 RBI, 4 SB, .253 AVG	+4.1
141	Jac Caglianone OFKCOF/1B	24	19 HR, 61 R, 61 RBI, 6 SB, .261 AVG	+2.2
149	Michael Wacha SPKC	36	10 W, 3.64 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 139 K	+2.0
158	Noah Cameron SPKC	27	9 W, 3.74 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 145 K	+1.8
166	Salvador Perez CKCC/1B	37	22 HR, 50 R, 79 RBI, 2 SB, .237 AVG	+1.7
238	Vinnie Pasquantino 1BKC	29	20 HR, 57 R, 76 RBI, 3 SB, .256 AVG	+0.3
361	Daniel Lynch IV SPKCSP/RP	30	5 W, 3.81 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 55 K	-1.2
371	Steven Cruz RPKC	28	8 SV, 4.04 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 59 K	-1.3
390	Cole Ragans SPKC	29	4 W, 4.06 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 104 K	-1.5
403	Maikel Garcia 3BKC	27	8 HR, 55 R, 47 RBI, 15 SB, .264 AVG	-1.6
425	Stephen Kolek SPKC	30	6 W, 4.10 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 73 K	-1.7
454	Lucas Erceg RPKC	32	7 SV, 4.13 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 47 K	-1.9
461	Isaac Collins OFKC	29	9 HR, 54 R, 49 RBI, 12 SB, .234 AVG	-2.0
497	Luinder Avila SPKCSP/RP	25	8 W, 4.60 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 91 K	-2.3
509	Matt Strahm RPKC	35	3 W, 4.28 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 49 K	-2.3
572	Michael Massey 2BKC	29	13 HR, 48 R, 48 RBI, 4 SB, .259 AVG	-2.6
598	Nick Mears RPKC	30	3 W, 4.40 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 38 K	-2.8
642	Randy Dobnak SPKC	32	4 W, 3.78 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 73 K	-3.0
671	Seth Lugo SPKC	37	8 W, 4.51 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 131 K	-3.1
672	Beck Way RPKC	27	2 W, 4.00 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 35 K	-3.1
687	Craig Kimbrel RPKC	39	2 W, 4.47 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 49 K	-3.2
711	Tyler Tolbert SSKC	29	7 HR, 49 R, 26 RBI, 28 SB, .262 AVG	-3.3
721	Nate Pearson RPKC	30	2 W, 4.61 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 45 K	-3.4
742	Spencer Bivens RPKC	33	2 W, 4.33 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 32 K	-3.5

Royals prospects on our top 100

Carlos Duran
PKCAAA, age 25
#59

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By the Parlae deskDepth chart updated Oct 14, 2026 at 7:53 AM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number