2024 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 2, 2023

  Matt Duffy granted Free Agency.

  Zack Greinke granted Free Agency.

  Brad Keller granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2023

  Justin Anderson granted Free Agency.

  Joe Barlow granted Free Agency.

  Jorge Bonifacio granted Free Agency.

  José Briceño granted Free Agency.

  Brett de Geus granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2023

  Released Kohl Stewart.

• November 17, 2023

  Austin Cox granted Free Agency.

  Logan Porter granted Free Agency.

  Josh Staumont granted Free Agency.

  Purchased Nick Anderson from the Atlanta Braves.

  Traded Jackson Kowar to the Atlanta Braves. Received Kyle Wright.

• November 18, 2023

  Signed Luis Cessa as a free agent.

  Signed Austin Cox as a free agent.

  Signed Logan Porter as a free agent.

• November 29, 2023

  Signed Garrett Hampson as a free agent.

• December 6, 2023

  Drafted Matt Sauer from the New York Yankees in the 2023 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Dylan Coleman to the Houston Astros. Received Carlos Mateo (minors).

• December 7, 2023

  Signed Dan Altavilla as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Brosseau as a free agent.

• December 10, 2023

  Signed Sam Long as a free agent.

• December 11, 2023

  Signed Will Smith as a free agent.

• December 14, 2023

  Signed Seth Lugo as a free agent.

  Traded Taylor Clarke to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Ryan Brady (minors) and Cam Devanney (minors).

• December 15, 2023

  Signed Chris Stratton as a free agent.

  Traded Edward Olivares to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Deivis Nadal (minors).

• December 16, 2023

  Released Cody Poteet.

• December 18, 2023

  Signed Michael Wacha as a free agent.

  Traded Jonathan Heasley to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Cesar Espinal (minors).

  Collin Snider selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks off waivers.

• December 19, 2023

  Signed Hunter Renfroe as a free agent.

• January 2, 2024

  Max Castillo selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.

• January 10, 2024

  Signed Tyler Duffey as a free agent.

• January 17, 2024

  Signed Sandy León as a free agent.

• January 30, 2024

  Signed Adam Frazier as a free agent.

  Traded . Received player to be named later.

  Traded Samad Taylor to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Natanael Garabitos (minors) (March 15, 2024) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

• February 17, 2024

  Traded David Sandlin (minors) to the Boston Red Sox. Received John Schreiber.

• February 18, 2024

  Signed Josh Lester as a free agent.

• February 23, 2024

  Signed Austin Nola as a free agent.

• March 24, 2024

  Released Sandy León.

• March 27, 2024

  Released Tyler Cropley.

• April 3, 2024

  Signed Brian O'Keefe as a free agent.

• April 7, 2024

  Traded Connor Oliver (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Colin Selby.

• April 8, 2024

  Signed Zach Davies as a free agent.

• April 24, 2024

  Released Mike Brosseau.

• May 21, 2024

  Released Zach Davies.

• May 26, 2024

  Returned Matt Sauer (earlier draft pick) to the New York Yankees.

  Jonah Dipoto (minors) player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

  Jonah Dipoto (minors) player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• June 1, 2024

  Released Luis Cessa.

• June 5, 2024

  Signed Kevin Padlo as a free agent.

• June 14, 2024

  Logan Porter player rights sold to the San Francisco Giants.

• June 25, 2024

  Signed Jesús Tinoco as a free agent.

• July 4, 2024

  Signed Ricky Karcher as a free agent.

• July 11, 2024

  Colin Selby player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• July 12, 2024

  Released Austin Cox.

• July 14, 2024

  Traded Cayden Wallace (minors) and future considerations to the Washington Nationals. Received Hunter Harvey.

• July 16, 2024

  Signed Austin Cox as a free agent.

  Jesús Tinoco player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• July 18, 2024

  Signed Dinelson Lamet as a free agent.

  Released Nick Anderson.

• July 20, 2024

  Released Jordan Lyles.

• July 29, 2024

  Traded Walter Pennington to the Texas Rangers. Received Michael Lorenzen.

• July 30, 2024

  Traded Jarold Rosado (minors) to the Chicago White Sox. Received Paul DeJong.

  Traded Mason Barnett (minors), Jared Dickey (minors) and Will Klein to the Oakland Athletics. Received Lucas Erceg.

• August 2, 2024

  Traded Kevin Padlo to the Chicago Cubs. Received .

  John McMillon selected by the Miami Marlins off waivers.

• August 6, 2024

  Released Tyler Duffey.

• August 31, 2024

  Traded . Received Yuli Gurriel.

  Selected Robbie Grossman off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

  Selected Tommy Pham off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• September 3, 2024

  Released CJ Alexander.

  Anthony Veneziano selected by the Miami Marlins off waivers.

• September 4, 2024

  CJ Alexander selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• October 2, 2024

  Dan Altavilla granted Free Agency.

• October 11, 2024

  Jake Brentz granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 2024

  Josh Taylor granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 2024

  Paul DeJong granted Free Agency.

  Adam Frazier granted Free Agency.

  Yuli Gurriel granted Free Agency.

  Robbie Grossman granted Free Agency.

  Garrett Hampson granted Free Agency.

  Michael Lorenzen granted Free Agency.

  Tommy Pham granted Free Agency.

  Will Smith granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2024

  Austin Cox granted Free Agency.

  Nate Eaton granted Free Agency.

  Ricky Karcher granted Free Agency.

  Dinelson Lamet granted Free Agency.

  Josh Lester granted Free Agency.

• November 22, 2024

  Traded Brady Singer to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer.

• November 23, 2024

  Signed Jordan Groshans as a free agent.

• December 12, 2024

  Signed Taylor Clarke as a free agent.

• December 20, 2024

  Signed Junior Fernández as a free agent.