Patrick Mahomes sharing postseason playbook with Bobby Witt Jr.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes doesn’t have to attend till Tremendous Bowl 2025 to attempt to carry residence one other championship.

The Chiefs’ 29-year-old, three-time Tremendous Bowl-winning quarterback owns a small minority stake within the Royals and was anticipated to be a part of the raucous crowd Wednesday night time for Sport 3 of the ALDS in opposition to the Yankees.

However his greatest contribution to the MLB postseason is perhaps advising the Royals’ greatest participant, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., on find out how to deal with postseason moments.

Nobody this aspect of Tom Brady has executed it higher early in an NFL profession.

“We speak fairly a bit,” Mahomes instructed The Related Press. “I’ve texted him type of all through the season, and we’ve talked about slumps, and moving into the playoffs and every thing like that. I keep in contact as a result of despite the fact that we play completely different sports activities … we’re very comparable in age. We grew up in the identical sort of space. And have the identical sort of upbringing.”

Mahomes and Witt share a private coach, Bobby Stroupe, and each are sons of former MLB pitchers.

“Earlier than the playoffs began we texted a little bit bit,” Witt mentioned Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. “[He said], ‘Simply maintain working. It’s going to be a whole lot of enjoyable. You’ve bought to go and luxuriate in this. Get pleasure from this time.’ ”

The cliché says that nothing beats successful in massive cities like New York, Boston and Chicago, however Mahomes and the Chiefs have set an instance for the Royals that they’ll really feel like kings right here, too.

Solely Salvador Perez stays from the Royals’ final World Sequence winner — and final playoff workforce — in 2015.

“You’re in your neighborhood and so they rating a landing, you hear cannons going off, events each weekend after they’re taking part in,” supervisor Matt Quatraro mentioned. “They’ve been extraordinarily welcoming to me and my household and the teaching workers, and the relationships we’re constructing with these guys have been nice.”

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The adjoining residence stadiums for the Royals and Chiefs share parking heaps.

“How nice the followers are right here, I’ve heard it over throughout the road,” Witt mentioned. “Now we’re going to listen to it [in this series], so now I’m actually excited. This metropolis is a sports activities city. It’s actually particular to see how effectively they help their groups, and that’s why I find it irresistible right here.”

Mahomes signed a 10-year, $450 million extension — the second-longest and then-largest in NFL historical past — in 2020. Witt, 24, signed an 11-year, $288.8 million extension this previous offseason and went on to win the American League batting title.

Each basically are Kansas Metropolis career-lifers.

Mahomes was checking for Royals-Yankees updates from Sport 2 whereas taking part in in opposition to the Saints on “Monday Night time Soccer.”

The Chiefs, who’re 5-0 as they bid to turn out to be the primary three-peat Tremendous Bowl winner, are on a bye this week.

“I went out to [football] apply as soon as final yr,” Quatraro mentioned, “and Mahomes got here proper over to ask in regards to the bullpen. All people is .”