The Kansas City Royals clinched the final American League wild card spot on Friday night, capping an improbable turnaround from 2023 laughingstock to 2024 playoff team. The Royals fell in their first game of their final series of the regular season at Atlanta, but Baltimore’s 7-2 victory over the Twins eliminated Minnesota in a stunning freefall from the postseason picture. The Royals return to their first postseason since winning the 2015 World Series over the Mets. Kansas City is now 85-75 after finishing last year 56-106. With today’s results, the six playoff teams for the American League are locked in. New York and Cleveland have clinched first round byes. Houston is locked into the No. 3 seed while the other five playoff spots could shift based on this weekend’s results. The No. 4 seed Wild Card will play the No. 5 seed Wild Card while the No. 6 seed will play Houston in the best-of-three Wild Card round beginning Tuesday.
Royals Turnaround Reaches Playoffs
