ROYALS PLACE YARBROUGH ON IR
Kansas City Royals lefthander Ryan Yarbrough was placed on the 15-day injured list with what was classified as “head fractures” after taking a 106-mph line drive off the right side of his face Sunday. Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Yarbrough has three non-displaced fractures in different spots around his right eye.
“He’s stable, improving,” Quatraro said before Monday’s game. “He never lost consciousness. He’s very aware of what’s going on around him. We don’t think at this time will require surgery. He’s getting further testing and we’ll have a better idea (of his prognosis) in the next 24 hours.”
Quatraro was one of several Royals who stopped by the hospital after Sunday’s game against the Athletics.
“If you weren’t looking at him, the conversations were totally normal,” Quatraro said, “you wouldn’t know anything was going on.”
Athletics’ first baseman Ryan Noda lined the ball back up the middle in the sixth inning Sunday. It caromed off Yarbrough’s head and bounced back to catcher Salvador Perez, who easily threw out Noda at first base. Quatraro
said that Noda reached out to Yarbrough via social media.
Rays lose Cleavinger
The Rays put left-handed reliever Garrett Cleavinger on the 15-day injured list with what manager Kevin Cash said appears to be a right ACL injury.
Cleavinger could miss the rest of the season after hurting his knee during a rundown in Sunday’s victory over the New York Yankees.
“Certainly frustrating for him, frustrating for us because he’s a big part of our team,” Cash said.
Cleavinger is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 15 appearances for the Rays, who have baseball’s best record. Tampa Bay recalled right-hander Trevor Kelley from Triple-A Durham.
Notable
Colorado’s Kris Bryant (USD) got his 1,000th career hit in the first inning with a single against the Pirates. He broke into the major leagues with the Cubs in 2015 and was the National League MVP a year later. Rockies OF Yonathan Daza cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Albuquerque. He was designated for assignment last Friday.
• Brewers manager Craig Counsell said IF Luis Urías is on track in his recovery to begin a rehabilitation assignment later this month return around the start of June. Urías is on the 60-day injured list after injuring his hamstring in the opening game of the season.
• The Braves activated catcher Travis d’Arnaud from the injured list, one month after he sustained a concussion in a collision at home plate.
• The Brewers changed their minds about extending beer sales beyond the seventh inning of home games. The Brewers were among a handful of teams that extended beer sales through the eighth inning in response to the shorter games this season following the pitch clock’s arrival. Starting with their game Monday night against the Dodgers, the Brewers are going back to their previous policy of shutting down at the end of the seventh.
• The Major League Baseball amateur draft will be held inside Lumen Field as part of All-Star Game week activities in Seattle this summer.
The amateur draft will take place on July 9.