Singer resides in Tampa, Fla. with his wife, Tori and son Beau, who was born in September 2023...In 2018 at the University of Florida, he went 12-3 with a 2.55 ERA and 114 strikeouts as a junior and was named SEC Pitcher of the Year, leading the conference in wins and ERA…he also won the Dick Howser Trophy, which is awarded annually to the top player in college baseball, and he was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award...Singer was named Baseball America College Player of the Year in 2018, becoming the second player drafted by the Royals to earn that honor, following Alex Gordon in 2005...He led the Gators to the school’s first NCAA College World Series championship in 2017, when he was named All-SEC Second Team and College World Series All-Tournament Team…he struck out 12 vs. LSU in Game 1 of the CWS finals, the most strikeouts in the championship round since at least 2003.
2023
Singer set career highs in starts (29) and innings (159.2) in 2023, despite being skipped in the rotation in early September while on Paternity Leave and being shut down for the last two weeks of the season with a left lower lumbar strain...Surrendered a .330 opponents’ average on balls in play (BABIP), which tied for the 4th highest in the Majors (min. 25 starts)...His 4.29 FIP—a number that estimates a pitcher’s run prevention independent of the performance of their defense—was 1.23 lower than his 5.52 ERA, marking the largest difference in the Majors (min. 150.0 IP), suggesting he experienced poor luck...Of the 702 batters he faced, 414 of them (59.0%) were left handed, which was the highest rate in the Majors (min. 700 BF), well ahead of Luis Castillo (53.7%) and Johan Oviedo (53.7%)...After going 2-4 with an 8.82 ERA (33 ER in 33.2 IP) in his first seven starts through May 6, Singer went 6-4 with a 3.62 ERA (41 ER in 102.0 IP) over his next 17 starts, including 3-0 with a 2.85 ERA (13 ER in 41.0 IP) in his first six starts out of the All-Star break…but the tide turned again in his last five starts, a stretch in which he went 0-3 with a 9.00 ERA (24 ER in 24.0 IP)…following his start on Sept. 18, he was placed on the Injured List and missed the last two weeks.
2022
Singer was named the 2022 Bruce Rice Pitcher of the Year, after he had a career-best 153.1 innings and pitched to a 3.23 ERA, the fifth-best mark by a Royals pitcher (min. 150.0 IP) in the Wild Card Era (since 1995). ..The last Royal with a lower ERA than Singer (3.23) and a higher win percentage (.667) was David Cone during his 1994 Cy Young Award-winning year, in which he went 16-5 (.762) with a 2.94 ERA (56 ER in 171.2 IP). ..He began the season in the bullpen, but only pitched in three of the Royals first 16 games before being optioned to Triple-A Omaha on April 28…he returned on May 17 and made a team-high 24 starts from that point. ..Upon joining the starting rotation on May 17, Singer went 10-5 with a 3.11 ERA (51 ER in 147.2 IP), the 8thbest ERA in the American League during that time. ..He recorded 7.0 scoreless innings in back-to-back starts on May 17 and May 22 upon his return from Omaha, and extended his scoreless streak—which began on April 10—to 18.2 innings before it was snapped on May 28, marking the longest scoreless streak by a Royal since Wade Davis went 22.0 innings without allowing a run in 2015. ..Singer made 7 starts in 2022 in which he pitched at least 7.0 innings and allowed 1 run or fewer, which tied for the 4th-most such starts in the American League, trailing only Martín Pérez (9), Justin Verlander (8) and Shohei Ohtani (8). ..He recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts on July 23 vs. Tampa Bay, a game in which he did not allow a hit until the sixth inning…he followed that up with 10 strikeouts over 7.0 scoreless innings—with one hit allowed—on July 28 at Yankee Stadium, becoming the seventh Royal with back-to-back double-digit strikeout starts...Singer issued 35 walks in 153.1 innings in 2022 for a 2.05 BB/9, a significant improvement on the 3.55 BB/9 rate he recorded from 2020-21, when he issued 76 walks in 192.2 innings…his 2.05 BB/9 in 2022 was the best by a Royal (min. 150.0 IP) since James Shields had a 1.74 BB/9 in 2014. ..His 4.29 K/BB rate (150 K/35 BB) in 2022 was the 4thbest single-season mark in club history (min. 150.0 IP), behind Zack Greinke (4.75) in 2009, Bret Saberhagen (4.49) in 1989 & Danny Duffy (4.48) in 2016. ..Singer has a career-best 9-start unbeaten streak from Aug. 9-Sept. 23, in which he went 6-0 with a 1.89 ERA (12 ER in 57.0 IP)…his ERA during that stretch ranked 2nd in the American League, trailing only Shohei Ohtani (1.45), and he became the first Royal to go 6-0 or better with an ERA under 1.90 over a 9-start stretch within the same season since Kevin Appier (6-0, 1.81) from June 23-Aug. 12, 1996. ..He threw 182 changeups in 24 starts in 2022, accounting for 8.0% of his 2,273 pitches upon his return from Triple-A Omaha on May 17…that total more than doubled the 88 changeups he threw in 27 starts in 2021, which equaled 3.8% of his pitches.
2021
He ranked second on the team with 27 starts in 2021, despite being placed on the Injured List three times. ..Singer was charged with 6 errors—all within his first 17 starts—in 2021, which led all pitchers and tied for the second most in Royals history…he improved on this in 2022, when he made only 1 error in 153.1 innings. ..On Aug. 18, 2021 vs. Houston, Singer induced a called strike on 26 of his 92 pitches (28.3%), the 3rd-highest single-game rate by a Royal since 2008 (min. 90 pitches), tailing Ian Kennedy (28.8% on 104 pitches) on June 23, 2018 and Bruce Chen (28.4% on 102 pitches) on Sept. 23, 2011.
2020
He made his Majors debut on July 25, 2020 at Cleveland, becoming the first in Royals history to debut as a starting pitcher within the team’s first 2 games. ..Singer led all first-year pitchers in 2020 in innings (64.1) and strikeouts (61), becoming the second Royal to lead Major League rookies in both categories, following Steve Busby in 1973. ..He was the first pitcher since at least 1901 to record at least 5.0 innings and allow no more than five hits in each of his first 7 career road starts, besting Phil Hughes, who did it in his first six road starts in 2007.
2019
Split the season between Wilmington (A+) and Northwest Arkansas (AA), combining to go 12-5 with a 2.85 ERA (47 ER in 148.1 IP) and 138 strikeouts (8.37 K/9) in 26 starts...His 12 victories were the most by a Royals minor league pitcher and tied for ninth among all minor league hurlers… also ranked fourth in ERA (min. 100.0 IP), fifth in strikeouts and WHIP (min. 100.0 IP) in the organization...Named Northwest Arkansas Pitcher of the Year, while also earning Organization All-Star honors from MiLB.com...Selected to the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, pitching a scoreless sixth inning in the contest at Progressive Field in Cleveland...Also selected a Carolina League midseason All-Star, but did not appear in the game due to his promotion to Northwest Arkansas...Named Texas League Pitcher of the Week for the week of July 28, going 1-0 with a 1.46 ERA (2 ER in 12.1 IP) and 12 strikeouts in two starts vs. Amarillo...Collected a season-high 10 strikeouts vs. Frederick (with Wilmington) on May 16, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings in a 6-1 triumph…scattered six hits and did not issue a walk...Tossed a season-high 7.0 scoreless innings in consecutive starts with Wilmington: May 21 at Salem (ND, 2-1 win in 10 innings) and May 27 vs. Myrtle Beach (1-0 win), which were his last two starts with the Blue Rocks…also tossed 7.0 shutout frames at Arkansas (with Northwest Arkansas) on Aug. 14...Over his last four starts of the year, went 4-0 with a 1.35 ERA (4 ER in 26.2 IP), collecting 26 strikeouts, compared to seven walks (3.71 K/BB ratio).
