This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Royals injury news and transactions.

KANSAS CITY -- Royals ace Cole Ragans has a “very mild left groin strain,” per manager Matt Quatraro. The left-hander was removed after just three innings (62 pitches) in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Thursday with what was described at the time as groin tightness.

DETROIT -- Lucas Erceg seems to have avoided the worst-case scenario after a 109.1 mph liner hit the bottom of his left foot on Friday night, exiting the game with a contusion and not a fracture after X-rays came back negative.

CLEVELAND -- In another shift to the Royals’ bullpen, lefty Sam Long was placed on the 15-day IL on Sunday with left elbow inflammation. The move comes a day after the reliever gave up another three runs (two earned) in Saturday night’s loss which inflated his ERA to 12.86 across

CLEVELAND -- With the Royals mired in an offensive slump, watching Jonathan India labor around the bases and eventually leave Saturday’s game because of right quad tightness wasn’t a sight many wanted to see.

CLEVELAND -- The Royals began a 10-day road trip Friday with bad news at the beginning of the day and an offensive shutout by the end of it, dropping their series opener to the Guardians, 7-0, at Progressive Field. In a blow to the bullpen, Royals reliever Hunter Harvey was

KANSAS CITY -- After crashing into the wall and taking an awkward tumble Tuesday night, Royals outfielder Mark Canha was shaken up enough that he landed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a left abductor strain. The Royals recalled outfielder Drew Waters from Triple-A Omaha, and while neither Canha

KANSAS CITY -- Royals pitcher Alec Marsh, sidelined since the start of spring with right shoulder soreness, suffered a “minor setback” in his rehab down in Arizona earlier this week, manager Matt Quatraro said on Saturday. Marsh felt soreness in his shoulder occurring again while warming up for his second

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

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