Kansas City Royals
The left section features position players, while the right side features pitchers. Active roster players are on top, followed by injured players, restricted players, and inactive players. See (click the arrow to expand) the legends at the bottom of the page for explanations of highlighted names/positions and statistics.
Royals By the Numbers
The table breaks down the roster across all types of categories, including their age, handedness, salary, value, awards received, and how they were acquired. The graphs show when teams acquired both quantity (graph #1) and quality (graph #2) of players. See (click the arrow to expand) the legends at the bottom of the page for further explanations.
Color Legend
Active Snub: Player is on real life active roster but not restored roster
Wrong Position: Player is forced off real life position on restored roster (for bullpen, player is forced into/out-of closer role)
Origin Player: Player is with original franchise (either never left or returned)
Not Active: Player is not on real life active roster but on restored roster
Platoon: Player would platoon with bench player on restored roster
Statistics Legend
#: Position in lineup, rotation or bullpen (0 means bench player)
Pos.: Position on field or pitching staff
Role: Player's general area of field for role players
B/T: Batting hand for position players, throwing hand for pitchers
2021 Age: Player's age on June 30, 2021 (cutoff used by Baseball-Reference for age seasons)
Opts: Minor league options remaining (0 means a player must be exposed to waivers when optioned off active roster)
2021 PA: Plate appearances during 2021 season
2021 IP: Innings pitched during 2021 season
2021 wRC+: Weighted Runs Created Plus during 2021 season (100 is league average, 150 is 50 percent above league average so higher is better)
2021 ERA-: ERA Minus during 2021 season (100 is league average Earned Run Average, 50 is 50 percent below league average so lower is better)
2021 fWAR: Wins above replacement during 2021 season according to Fangraphs
2021 Real fWAR: Total team wins above replacement for actual 2021 team roster
2021 New fWAR: Total team wins above replacement for restored 2021 team roster (bigger than real fWAR means restored team is better)
No Opts. Left: Number of players without minor league options remaining
Total AAV: Sum of all average annual contract values for restored 2021 team roster (used to determine competitive balance tax penalties)
LHH: Left-handed hitter
RHH: Right-handed hitter
SHH: Switch hitter
LHP: Left-handed pitcher
RHP: Right-handed pitcher
Average Annual Value: Average annual value for player's contract (if multi-year), or total value for one year contracts
Active IRL: Player is on an actual 2021 26 man active roster
Forced Down: Player is forced to minor leagues even though he is active in real life (higher number means team has more MLB-ready talent)
Forced Up: Player is forced to active roster even though he is in the minor leagues in real life (higher number means team has less MLB-ready talent)
Injured List: Player is on 7-Day, 10-Day, or 60-Day Injured List
Inactive: Player is either on optional assignment in the minor leagues, on team approved leave of absence, or suspended while part of 40 man roster
Drafted: Player acquired in Rule 4 (college) draft
Free Agent: Player signed as minor league free agent from USA
International: Player signed as minor league free agent from another country
Original Team: Player is with originally signed franchise (so no restoring required)
Lg. Avg +: Number of players who have 100 or higher wRC+ or below 100 ERA- (league average)
Total Awards: Sum of all awards received by restored players
Unique Awards: Number of players to receive an award on restored roster