On Sunday, the final day of the 2024 regular season for Major League Baseball, Witt won the AL batting title after a tight race with fellow superstars Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays and Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees.

Team captain Salvador Perez is the lone holdover from the glory years of 2014 and 2015, when the Royals won back-to-back AL pennants. Perez recalls vividly the joys of that 2015 season and has longed to experience the playoffs again.

Witt found time to send a message to the Royals faithful as the team enters its first playoffs in nearly a decade.

The Kansas City Royals have finalized their starting pitching rotation for the American League Wild Card series that’s set to begin Tuesday. The Royals will start left-handed pitcher Cole Ragans in Game 1. He’ll make his first career postseason start after KC on Friday clinched its first berth in the MLB playoffs since 2015.

Vinnie Pasquantino has done everything he can to position himself for an earlier-than-expected return as the MLB playoffs begin.

Royals captain Salvador Perez served as the designated hitter and starter Seth Lugo pitched two innings against the Braves, who beat KC 2-1 on a walk-off homer by catcher Travis d’Arnaud in the bottom of the ninth.