MILWAUKEE -- Less than 24 hours after Jonathan India was drilled in the head by a 98.9 mph cutter, the Royals infielder/outfielder was back in the lineup Monday, hitting leadoff and playing third base, and he wasted no time helping out the offense by knocking three hits and driving in

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KANSAS CITY -- One pitch after Jonathan India was brushed back by a 97.1 mph fastball up and in from Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase, the Royals' leadoff hitter was hit on the left side of his face by a 98.9 mph cutter in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Vinnie Pasquantino exited the Royals’ final Cactus League game on Saturday with a right hamstring strain, tweaking it while running out a double play grounder in the top of the fifth inning of the Royals’ 9-5 win over the Rangers at Surprise Stadium. Pasquantino will be re-evaluated

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Bobby Witt Jr. seemed to avoid the worst after being hit by a fastball during the Royals’ 7-6 win over the Mariners on Wednesday afternoon. The Royals' shortstop did not suffer a fracture, the team announced, with X-rays coming back negative. He’s dealing with a left forearm

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Alec Marsh, working his way back from right shoulder soreness, took the next step toward normalcy on Sunday when he faced hitters for the first time this spring, throwing all his pitches to four batters on the backfields at the Royals’ Spring Training complex.

PHOENIX -- Royals reliever Carlos Estévez is dealing with left lower back tightness that has delayed his first Cactus League appearance, manager Matt Quatraro said Thursday, but the club doesn’t seem concerned right now that Estévez will miss significant time.

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Blake Mitchell, the Royals' top catching prospect, their No. 2 overall prospect and MLB Pipeline’s No. 48 overall prospect, will miss 4-6 weeks after breaking his right hamate bone, manager Matt Quatraro said Saturday. Mitchell is scheduled for surgery on the bone this coming week. The 4-to-6-week

BALTIMORE – Cole Ragans felt the adrenaline surge through him as he stepped on the mound in the bottom of the first inning Tuesday afternoon and glanced around at a nearly full Camden Yards buzzing with excitement for an Orioles offense that was due to bat. That’s quite a bit

BALTIMORE -- An aggressive recovery plan to get Vinnie Pasquantino back for October seems to be working, as the Royals slugger, who broke his right thumb on Aug. 29, continues to target a potential return for the AL Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday against the Orioles.

KANSAS CITY -- Immediately following the play that broke his thumb and now has him sidelined for what could be the rest of the regular season and into October, Vinnie Pasquantino described himself as a “wreck,” feeling sorry for himself for about an hour after Thursday’s game in Houston. A

HOUSTON -- Vinnie Pasquantino has a broken right thumb, the Royals announced Friday morning, and is looking at a six- to eight-week timeline for a return. Pasquantino will have surgery early next week, Royals manager Matt Quatraro said prior to the Royals’ second game during a four-game series in Houston.

CLEVELAND -- After struggling with command for the entirety of his outing Monday afternoon, Royals starter Cole Ragans exited his start against the Guardians with a left calf/hamstring cramp, but it doesn’t seem like it’ll be a lingering issue for the lefty. Facing Guardians center fielder Lane Thomas to lead

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals had to dip into their depth on Tuesday when they placed outfielder Hunter Renfroe on the 10-day injured list with a left big toe fracture. Renfroe sustained that fracture Monday night when he fouled two balls off his left foot during a 12-pitch at-bat against

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals placed right-hander Michael Wacha on the 15-day injured list prior to Sunday's 4-3 walk-off win with a left foot fracture after being hit on that foot in the first inning of his start against the Padres on Friday night. The move is retroactive to Saturday.

ST. PETERSBURG -- Royals center fielder Kyle Isbel suffered facial lacerations and underwent further testing at a St. Petersburg hospital after fouling a ball off his face in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Rays at Tropicana Field. Royals manager Matt Quatraro said the pitch, a 96.8 mph sinker from Rays

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals received good and bad news on starter Alec Marsh on Thursday morning, a day after he was drilled by a 91.2 mph comebacker in the Royals’ win over the Blue Jays on Wednesday night. The bad news was that an injured list seemed necessary after

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals got their everyday second baseman back on the field and in the lineup to kick off a tough stretch of the schedule. Michael Massey, who has been sidelined since the final week of Spring Training with a lower back strain, was reinstated from the 10-day

CHICAGO -- The hope that Salvador Perez’s left groin/hip injury sustained Sunday afternoon wouldn’t keep the Royals’ catcher down for long began circulating on the plane ride from New York to Chicago. Manager Matt Quatraro noticed Perez wasn’t walking nearly as gingerly getting on and off the airplane as the

NEW YORK – Royals catcher Salvador Perez found himself in a bang-bang play at home plate and ended up with a left groin and hip injury, which forced him from the game after four innings in an eventual 2-1 loss against the Mets at Citi Field. With Royals left-hander Cole

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Royals Minor Leaguer Asa Lacy, the No. 4 overall MLB Draft pick in 2020, announced Tuesday night that he underwent full ulnar collateral ligament surgery and will miss the 2024 season. It’s been a tough journey for Lacy in his professional career, which started when he was

PEORIA, Ariz. – The Royals spent the winter revamping their bullpen and ensuring there’s depth to cover a full season, and with a month until Opening Day, it seems like they’ll be dipping into those reinforcements already. Carlos Hernández hasn’t been able to overcome the nagging shoulder soreness that he

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals are shutting down Brady Singer for the remainder of the year after the right-hander experienced back tightness following Monday’s start against the Guardians. Singer, 27, has had an up-and-down year and struggles in September. He skipped a start at the beginning of the month because

KANSAS CITY -- Before the series finale against the Reds, the Royals found out they will be without one of their frontline sluggers and key pieces of their young core for the rest of the 2023 season. Vinnie Pasquantino will undergo surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right

BALTIMORE -- The shoulder soreness Vinnie Pasquantino felt during Friday night’s game against the Orioles was severe enough to land the Royals’ first baseman on the injured list Saturday, but he and the club won’t know the true severity until they return to Kansas City next week. Pasquantino is scheduled