By MATT PIKE
The Kansas City Royals have agreed to a three year contract extension for manager Matt Quatraro.
The new deal begins in 2027 and runs through 2029, with a club option for the 2030 season. In three seasons under Quatraro, the Royals have gone 224-262. His 224 wins are already the seventh most by a Manager in franchise history.
Among Royals Managers in their first three full seasons with the organization, Quatraro’s 224 wins rank fifth, behind only Whitey Herzog (284), Dick Howser (253), John Wathan (251) and Ned Yost (229)
After going 56-106 during Quatraro’s first season in 2023, the Royals went 86-76 in 2024, advancing to the American League Division Series, and finished 82-80 in 2025. The last two seasons have been Kansas City’s first consecutive winning campaigns since 2013-15.
In 2024, Quatraro was the runner-up in the American League Manager of the Year voting. The 2024 Royals were the sixth team in the 162-game Era (since 1961), according to Elias, to have a 30-win improvement from one season to the next (excluding shortened seasons). They were the third team ever, according to Elias, to make the postseason after a 100-loss season.
Quatraro was named the 18th full-time Manager in Royals history on Oct. 30, 2022. During his 12 seasons on a Major League staff, including four seasons with Cleveland and five with Tampa Bay, his teams have reached the postseason seven times and have posted a winning record 11 times.
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