{"id":519084,"date":"2026-01-14T00:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/519084\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T00:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:52:15","slug":"royals-to-move-kauffman-stadium-outfield-wall-for-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/519084\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals to move Kauffman Stadium outfield wall for 2026 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo \u2014 The Kansas City Royals announced that Kauffman Stadium&#8217;s outfield wall will be moved in for the 2026 season, a change expected to increase home runs and extra-base hits while bringing fans closer to the action. The decision, made by Baseball Operations for competitive reasons, aims to align The K with other Major League ballparks. &#8220;We\u2019ve discussed this possibility for years, and after much work by our Research &amp; Development department, believe this will be a positive change for our baseball team,&#8221; said Royals Executive Vice President and General Manager J.J. Picollo. The wall will be moved in 8 to 10 feet starting near each foul pole, with gaps reduced from 387 feet to 379 feet, while centerfield will remain 410 feet. The wall height will change from 10 feet to 8  1\/2 feet, adding about 150 seats in left field and 80 new drinkrail seats in right. The Royals&#8217; research suggests these changes will elevate the run value of fly balls at The K from the bottom third to the middle among MLB ballparks. &#8220;Making this a fairer ballpark will help with roster construction, but more importantly will allow our players to keep the same approach regardless of where we play,&#8221; said Royals Vice President \u2013 Research &amp; Development\/Assistant GM Dr. Daniel Mack. The project is set to be completed before the Royals&#8217; home opener against the Twins on March 30, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo \u2014 The Kansas City Royals announced that Kauffman Stadium&#8217;s outfield wall will be moved in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[5,936,2123,55,2596,2595,4,252],"class_list":{"0":"post-519084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-kansas","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-royals","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascityroyals","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115890719722886761","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}