Game 1 starter Jason Vargas was added to the Royals' ALDS roster on Thursday.
Game 1 starter Jason Vargas was added to the Royals' ALDS roster on Thursday. (USATSI)

Thanks to Tuesday night's thrilling win over the Athletics in the AL wild-card game, the Royals have advanced to the ALDS and will play the Angels. They open their series Thursday night at 9:30pm ET. The game will air on TBS.

Teams are allowed to change their roster after the wild-card game, and Kansas City did just that. They dropped Jayson Nix and Raul Ibanez off the roster in favor of Jason Vargas and Tim Collins. Here is their official ALDS roster:

No. Pitchers (11)
55 Tim Collins
17 Wade Davis
41 Danny Duffy
27 Brandon Finnegan
54 Jason Frasor
11 Jeremy Guthrie
40 Kelvin Herrera
56 Greg Holland
33 James Shields
51 Jason Vargas
30 Yordano Ventura

No. Catchers (2)
19 Erik Kratz
13 Salvador Perez

No. Infielders (6)
16 Billy Butler
24 Christian Colon
2 Alcides Escobar
35 Eric Hosmer
14 Omar Infante
8 Mike Moustakas

No. Outfielders (6)
23 Nori Aoki
6 Lorenzo Cain
1 Jarrod Dyson
4 Alex Gordon
0 Terrance Gore
7 Josh Willingham

Vargas will start Game 1 on Thursday. Ventura will start Game 2 on Friday and presumably Shields will get the ball in Game 3 on Sunday after starting the wild-card game.