{"id":519540,"date":"2026-01-14T07:11:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/519540\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:11:27","slug":"k-c-royals-make-outfield-changes-adjusts-fence-distances-at-kauffman-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/519540\/","title":{"rendered":"K.C. Royals make outfield changes, adjusts fence distances at Kauffman Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/YUYZRAEFA4S4BW3RU32AHBX34Q.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>The Royals are moving the majority of their outfield fence at Kauffman Stadium \u201cin by 10 feet.&#8221; getty images <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-franchises \">The Royals are moving the majority of their outfield fence at Kauffman Stadium \u201cin by 10 feet, drastically changing the offensive environment of a notoriously bad stadium for home run hitting.\u201d Sources said that while the Royals will \u201ckeep center field at 410 feet, they plan to taper in the fences starting in the power alleys, which will be shortened from 389 feet to 379.\u201d The fences will \u201ccontinue on that path, 9 to 10 feet shorter, nearly all the way to the corners.\u201d The height of the fence will also be \u201cshortened from 10 feet to 8\u00bd.\u201d Royals GM J.J. Picollo approached owner John Sherman this spring to \u201cask permission to authorize a study on the effects of a potential modification\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/47599322\/sources-royals-move-fences-kauffman-stadium \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/47599322\/sources-royals-move-fences-kauffman-stadium \">ESPN.com, 1\/13<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royals are moving the majority of their outfield fence at Kauffman Stadium \u201cin by 10 feet.&#8221; getty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276355,"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-519540","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\/115892209919673370","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519540","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=519540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}