MINNEAPOLIS -- Maikel Garcia (left hand muscle strain) faced a setback in his rehab assignment, and is headed back to Kansas City for further evaluation. Garcia went 0-for-3 with a strikeout and played five innings at third base on Tuesday night in his first rehab game with Double-A Northwest Arkansas.

Royals center fielder Kyle Isbel continued his Minor League rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday as he nears his return to the Major League club after being sidelined by plantar fasciitis in his left foot. Isbel, who has been on the injured list since June 10, has played in

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Almost three weeks after Vinnie Pasquantino returned following surgery on a right hamate fracture, the Royals first baseman is on the injured list again as he deals with right wrist soreness. Kansas City on Wednesday placed Pasquantino on the 10-day IL, calling up outfielder John Rave from Triple-A

By the time Maikel Garcia was placed on the 10-day injured list back on June 23, he had already been battling the left hand muscle sprain for quite some time. It was affecting his play and his mind, and it was time to get him some extended rest on the

KANSAS CITY -- A diving catch attempt in right field seemed to shake Jac Caglianone up a bit in the fifth inning of the Royals’ 3-2 win over the Giants on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium, but even as Caglianone got up with a grimace, he waved off his teammates

KANSAS CITY -- Bobby Witt Jr. is in the middle of his fifth Major League season and had never been on the injured list until Wednesday, when the Royals placed their star shortstop on the 10-day IL with back tightness that hasn’t improved enough for Witt to envision a return

KANSAS CITY -- A day after missing a game due to back tightness, Bobby Witt Jr. exited Monday night’s 4-3 win over the Giants in the top of the fifth inning at Kauffman Stadium with low back tightness. And on Tuesday, the Royals held the star shortstop out of the

KANSAS CITY -- Stephen Kolek made a rehab start with Triple-A Omaha on Saturday with the expectation that he could return to the club as soon as this week. But now, the timeline for the Royals right-hander’s return is unknown due to a right flexor strain that forced an early

BALTIMORE – Less than a month after a painful swing that ended up breaking the hamate bone in his right hand, Vinnie Pasquantino returned to the Royals’ active roster on Friday night ahead of their 5-3 loss against the Orioles at Camden Yards.

NEW YORK -- Royals manager Matt Quatraro indicated that first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino will likely come off the 10-day injured list and play in the series opener against the Orioles on Friday night at Camden Yards. Pasquantino has missed almost a month because of a right hamate bone fracture. At

NEW YORK -- Royals manager Matt Quatraro was happy to hear that first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino played in his first rehab game for Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday night. That means Kansas City's first baseman is close to returning to big league action. He has missed almost a month because of

KANSAS CITY – Cole Ragans underwent an ulnar collateral ligament repair on his left elbow on Wednesday, with the surgery performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles.

KANSAS CITY – Saturday marked the second consecutive game that Salvador Perez was out of the lineup due to right elbow soreness, but manager Matt Quatraro said that Perez was feeling “a lot better” ahead of the series-opener against the Phillies at Kauffman Stadium. “He’s got a lot more range

KANSAS CITY – Kris Bubic was scratched from his scheduled rehab assignment start on Wednesday night with left shoulder soreness, and he’s being evaluated further to determine the severity of this recurring injury and what his next steps will be now.

CHICAGO -- Plagued by several injuries already, the Royals were hit with one more on Sunday when first baseman/outfielder Jac Caglianone was scratched ahead of a 5-4 win in the finale against the White Sox at Rate Field with left groin soreness. Caglianone was originally slated to hit third and

Kris Bubic completed his second rehab outing on Saturday night, tossing just 22 pitches (15 strikes) across two scoreless innings for Triple-A Omaha. Bubic’s outing came three days after tossing a scoreless frame on Wednesday night with Omaha as he continues to make his way back from elbow and shoulder

CHICAGO – After determining last week that Cole Ragans needs elbow surgery, the left-hander has a date set and will undergo the procedure this coming Wednesday, July 1, but we won’t know the full extent and severity of the surgery until the doctors begin to operate. Dr. Neal ElAttrache will

CHICAGO -- After missing six games with a Grade 1 right MCL sprain, Bobby Witt Jr. was back in the Royals' starting lineup for their series opener against the AL Central-leading White Sox on Friday night. Witt, who sustained the injury during Kansas City's win over the Cardinals on June

ST. PETERSBURG -- Bobby Witt Jr.’s right knee injury has still not healed enough for him to play for the Royals. Witt was not in the club’s starting lineup for Wednesday’s 5-3 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field, and then was held out again during Thursday's 13-2 loss, marking

Royals left-hander Kris Bubic resumed his rehab assignment with a 1-2-3 first inning for Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday night. Bubic needed just eight pitches to retire the side in order against Columbus. He mixed in four pitches and topped out at 92.7 mph with his four-seam fastball. "He said he

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Royals gave Maikel Garcia rest and medicine last week with the hopes that they would silence the pain in his left hand. They did not, so now the team is giving their third baseman a longer break.

ST. PETERSBURG -- Royals left-hander Cole Ragans is likely headed for yet another elbow surgery. Manager Matt Quatraro said before Tuesday’s game against the Rays that the team anticipates Ragans will need a surgical procedure to address the left elbow impingement that has kept him on the injured list since

ST. PETERSBURG -- Bobby Witt Jr.'s sprained right knee kept him out of the Royals’ lineup for the third straight game Monday. But prior to the team’s series opener against the Rays, the star shortstop went through what manager Matt Quatraro called a “very encouraging” workout. Witt -- who has

KANSAS CITY -- Bobby Witt Jr. wasn’t in the lineup for the second consecutive day on Sunday as he continues to heal from a Grade 1 MCL sprain, which he sustained on Thursday night against the Cardinals as he slid awkwardly while fielding a ball. An MRI exam revealed the