KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes doesn’t have to wait until Super Bowl 2025 to try to bring home another championship.
The Chiefs’ 29-year-old, three-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback owns a small minority stake in the Royals and was expected to be part of the raucous crowd Wednesday night for Game 3 of the ALDS against the Yankees.
But his biggest contribution to the MLB postseason might be advising the Royals’ best player, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., on how to handle postseason moments.
No one this side of Tom Brady has done it better early in an NFL career.
“We talk quite a bit,” Mahomes told The Associated Press. “I’ve texted him kind of throughout the season, and we’ve talked about slumps, and getting into the playoffs and everything like that. I stay in touch because even though we play different sports … we’re very similar in age. We grew up in the same type of area. And have the same type of upbringing.”
Mahomes and Witt share a personal trainer, Bobby Stroupe, and both are sons of former MLB pitchers.
“Before the playoffs started we texted a little bit,” Witt said Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. “[He said], ‘Just keep working. It’s going to be a lot of fun. You’ve got to go and enjoy this. Enjoy this time.’ ”
The cliché says that nothing beats winning in big cities like New York, Boston and Chicago, but Mahomes and the Chiefs have set an example for the Royals that they can feel like kings here, too.
Only Salvador Perez remains from the Royals’ last World Series winner — and last playoff team — in 2015.
“You’re in your neighborhood and they score a touchdown, you hear cannons going off, parties every weekend when they’re playing,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “They’ve been extremely welcoming to me and my family and the coaching staff, and the relationships we’re building with those guys have been great.”
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The adjacent home stadiums for the Royals and Chiefs share parking lots.
“How great the fans are here, I’ve heard it over across the street,” Witt said. “Now we’re going to hear it [in this series], so now I’m really excited. This city is a sports town. It’s really special to see how well they support their teams, and that’s why I love it here.”
Mahomes signed a 10-year, $450 million extension — the second-longest and then-largest in NFL history — in 2020. Witt, 24, signed an 11-year, $288.8 million extension this past offseason and went on to win the American League batting title.
Both essentially are Kansas City career-lifers.
Mahomes was checking for Royals-Yankees updates from Game 2 while playing against the Saints on “Monday Night Football.”
The Chiefs, who are 5-0 as they bid to become the first three-peat Super Bowl winner, are on a bye this week.
“I went out to [football] practice once last year,” Quatraro said, “and Mahomes came right over to ask about the bullpen. Everybody is interested.”