If you need something to warm your soul, just know that in a few days, young men in Royals uniforms will be tossing the ball around in sunny Arizona. Royals pitchers and catchers will officially report on tomorrow, February 12 with their first full workout the next day. The full squad reports on February 17 with the first workout the next day. The first spring training game will be on February 23 against the Rangers.

The Royals will have at least 28 position players and 33 pitchers report to spring training, with the potential for more players to be added to camp. Here is your 2019 Royals spring training roster.

An asterisk (*) indicates the player is a non-roster invitee to spring training.

Royals position players No. Position Name DOB 2018 Club Comments No. Position Name DOB 2018 Club Comments 1 IF Humberto Arteaga* 1/23/1994 Omaha (AAA) Slick fielder came around with the bat last year, could be utility infielder 38 RF Jorge Bonifacio 6/4/1993 Omaha (AAA), KANSAS CITY Struggled after returning from his suspension for PEDs 71 C Nick Dini* 7/27/1993 Northwest Arkansas (AA), Omaha (AAA) Extra catcher to have in camp, should be in Omaha this year 17 3B Hunter Dozier 8/22/1991 Omaha (AAA), KANSAS CITY Hit .267/.297/.524 over his final 27 games 67 1B Samir Duenez* 6/11/1996 Northwest Arkansas (AA) Athletic young 1B has hit, but needs to work on plate discipline 76 C Xavier Fernandez* 7/15/1995 Wilmington (A), Northwest Arkansas (AA) Catcher has shown some offensive skills in the low minors 47 IF/OF Jecksson Flores* 10/28/1993 Northwest Arkansas (AA) Won the Texas League batting title as a versatile player 36 C Cam Gallagher 12/6/1992 Omaha (AAA), KANSAS CITY Expected to be the backup catcher to Salvy 25 OF Brian Goodwin 11/2/1990 Harrisburg (AAA), Omaha (AAA), WASHINGTON, KANSAS CITY Versatile outfielder was hit with injuries last year 4 LF Alex Gordon 2/10/1984 KANSAS CITY Still shows off a great arm, winning his sixth Gold Glove last year 0 LF Terrance Gore 6/8/1991 Omaha (AAA), Iowa (AAA), CHICAGO CUBS Pinch-running specialist has 32 steals in 72 MLB games 75 3B Kelvin Gutierrez 8/28/1994 Harrisburg (AA), Northwest Arkansas (AA) Slick-fielder acquired from the Nationals for Kelvin Herrera 6 CF Billy Hamilton 9/9/1990 CINCINNATI Switch-hitter has 264 steals over the last five years, most in baseball 37 OF Elier Hernandez* 11/21/1994 Northwest Arkansas (AA), Omaha (AAA) Big bonus signee out of Dominican, but bat hasn't come around 9 IF Nicky Lopez* 3/13/1995 Northwest Arkansas (AA), Omaha (AAA) One of the hardest hitters to strike out in the minors 79 IF/OF Erick Mejia* 11/9/1994 Northwest Arkansas (AA) Acquired from the Dodgers last year, bat took a step back 70 C M.J. Melendez* 11/29/1998 Lexington (A) One of the top prospects in the system, slammed 19 home runs 15 2B Whit Merrifield 1/24/1989 KANSAS CITY Led the Majors in both hits (192) and steals (45) 27 SS Adalberto Mondesí 7/27/1995 Omaha (AAA), KANSAS CITY Finished 8th in the Majors in steals in just 75 games 66 1B Ryan O'Hearn 7/26/1993 Omaha (AAA), KANSAS CITY 11th in AL in OPS (.932) after August 1 2 IF/OF Chris Owings 8/12/1991 ARIZONA Former first-round pick led the NL in triples in 2016 13 C Salvador Perez 5/10/1990 KANSAS CITY Six-time All-Star won his fifth Gold Glove last year 14 RF Brett Phillips* 5/30/1994 Colorado Springs (AAA), MILWAUKEE, KANSAS CITY Promising outfielder struggled with a high strikeout rate 78 C Sebastian Rivero 11/16/1998 Lexington (A) Excellent defender, but bat needs to come around 12 RF Jorge Soler 2/25/1992 Omaha (AAA), KANSAS CITY Promising .820 OPS, but limited to 61 games due to injury 69 1B Frank Schwindel* 6/29/1992 Omaha (AAA) Terrific power and improved his low walk rate last year 11 CF Bubba Starling* 8/3/1992 Omaha (AAA) Former first-round pick missed nearly all of last year with injuries 72 C Meibrys Viloria 2/15/1997 Wilmington (A), KANSAS CITY Showed impressive defense in the Arizona Fall League