{"id":2325983,"date":"2026-03-13T06:08:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2325983"},"modified":"2026-03-13T06:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:08:48","slug":"royals-face-padres-in-spring-training-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-face-padres-in-spring-training-matchup\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Face Padres in Spring Training Matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Mar. 13, 2026 at 12:37am<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"submission-link-wrapper\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.nationaltoday.com\/news?location=San+Diego%2C+CA&amp;city=San+Diego&amp;type=Update+Existing+Story&amp;headline=Royals+Face+Padres+in+Spring+Training+Matchup&amp;page=https%3A%2F%2Fnationaltoday.com%2Fus%2Fca%2Fsan-diego%2Fnews%2F2026%2F03%2F13%2Froyals-face-padres-in-spring-training-matchup%2F\" class=\"submission-link\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>Got story updates?<\/span> Submit your updates here. \u203a<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Royals will take on the San Diego Padres in a spring training game at the Peoria Sports Complex in Arizona. The Royals, who are 1-8 in Cactus League play so far, will send left-handed pitcher Kris Bubic to the mound, along with several other pitchers including Steven Cruz, Lucas Erceg, Nick Mears, Eli Morgan, and Hector Neris. Fans can watch the Padres feed of the game on MLB Network and Royals.TV.<\/p>\n<h2>Why it matters<\/h2>\n<p>The Royals are looking to right the ship after a rough start to spring training, with players like Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino away for the World Baseball Classic. This game against the Padres provides an opportunity for the Royals to get back on track before the regular season begins.<\/p>\n<h2>The details<\/h2>\n<p>The Royals have struggled to a 1-8 record in Cactus League play so far, with the team&#8217;s performance suffering from the absence of key players like Witt and Pasquantino who are participating in the World Baseball Classic. Tonight&#8217;s game against the Padres will feature Kris Bubic on the mound for the Royals, along with several other pitchers including Cruz, Erceg, Mears, Morgan, and Neris.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The game is taking place on March 13, 2026 at the Peoria Sports Complex in Arizona.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"news-callout-box\">\n<h2>The players<\/h2>\n<div class=\"news-callout-item\">\n<h3>Kris Bubic<\/h3>\n<p>Left-handed pitcher for the Kansas City Royals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news-callout-item\">\n<h3>Bobby Witt Jr.<\/h3>\n<p>Infielder for the Kansas City Royals who is currently participating in the World Baseball Classic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news-callout-item\">\n<h3>Vinnie Pasquantino<\/h3>\n<p>Infielder for the Kansas City Royals who is currently participating in the World Baseball Classic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.nationaltoday.com\/news?location=San+Diego%2C+CA&amp;city=San+Diego&amp;type=Upload+Story+Photos&amp;headline=Royals+Face+Padres+in+Spring+Training+Matchup&amp;page=https%3A%2F%2Fnationaltoday.com%2Fus%2Fca%2Fsan-diego%2Fnews%2F2026%2F03%2F13%2Froyals-face-padres-in-spring-training-matchup%2F\" class=\"submission-link\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>Got photos?<\/span> Submit your photos here. \u203a<\/span><\/a>      <\/div>\n<h2>What they\u2019re saying<\/h2>\n<div class=\"news-quotes\">\n<div class=\"news-quote\">\n<p class=\"news-quote-quote\">\u201cThe Royals look to right the spring ship against the Padres on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"news-quote-cite\">\u2014 Jacob Milham, Author (<i>royalsreview.com<\/i>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"news-highlight-box\">\n<h2>The takeaway<\/h2>\n<p>The Royals are hoping to use this game against the Padres as an opportunity to get back on track after a rough start to spring training, especially with key players like Witt and Pasquantino away for the World Baseball Classic.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>\n      window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n        FB.init({\n          appId: '179692745920433',\n          cookie: true,\n          xfbml: true,\n          version: 'v17.0'\n        });\n        FB.AppEvents.logPageView();\n      };\n      (function(d, s, id){\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n        if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n        js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n      }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n    <\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nationaltoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mar. 13, 2026 at 12:37am Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a The Kansas City Royals will take on the San Diego Padres in a spring training game at the Peoria Sports Complex in Arizona. The Royals, who are 1-8 in Cactus League play so far, will send left-handed pitcher Kris Bubic to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2288032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2325983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Royals-All-Star-Pitcher-Draws-Trade-Speculation-in-Spring-Training.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2325984,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325983\/revisions\/2325984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}