The Royals will take on the winner of the Astros-Angels Wild Card Series. That would be a 4th match up against the Astros, having the lost the Championship Series back in 2035 while it would only be a second post season series between the Royals and the Angels, and the first since the Royals swept the Angels in the Division Series on the way to the World Series (which they lost to the Giants) in 2014.