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Lucas Erceg took the next step toward rejoining a Royals bullpen that really needs its fireman reliever back by appearing in his first rehab game on Sunday night. Erceg, who has been on the 15-day injured list since May 30 (retroactive to May 27) with a low back strain, threw

Cole Ragans is nearing a return to the Majors. The Royals’ left-hander made his first rehab start for Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Saturday, allowing five runs (four earned) and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. Ragans struck out six batters, walked one and threw 43 of 62 pitches for strikes.

KANSAS CITY -- Just when the Royals got a crucial piece to their rotation back with Seth Lugo coming off the injured list on Friday, Kansas City took another hit in its bullpen with Lucas Erceg placed on the 15-day IL with a low back strain, retroactive to May 27.

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals’ rotation took a big hit on Saturday when the team placed Seth Lugo (right third finger sprain) and Cole Ragans (left groin strain) on the 15-day injured list. Lugo’s IL stint is retroactive to Wednesday. Left-handers Noah Cameron -- the team's No. 5 prospect --

KANSAS CITY -- For the second time in the last three weeks, Cole Ragans left a start early with left groin tightness in the Royals’ 10-3 loss to the Cardinals on Friday night at Kauffman Stadium. He was subsequently placed on the 15-day injured list on Saturday.

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals are skipping Seth Lugo's turn in the rotation on Saturday as last season’s American League Cy Young Award runner-up deals with inflammation in his right middle finger.

KANSAS CITY -- Royals pitcher Kyle Wright faced a small setback during his rehab assignment from right shoulder surgery, experiencing shoulder fatigue during his second rehab start on Wednesday with Double-A Northwest Arkansas. Wright was recalled from his rehab assignment but stayed on the 15-day injured list, with the Royals

In another big step toward a long-awaited return to the big leagues, Royals right-hander Kyle Wright began a rehab assignment Friday with Double-A Northwest Arkansas. Wright struck out four and allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits, two walks and a balk over four innings in Game 1 of

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.