Because of left hip soreness, catcher/designated hitter Salvador Perez wasn’t within the Kansas Metropolis Royals lineup on Friday night time as a three-game sequence started towards the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. Nonetheless, Royals supervisor Matt Quatraro mentioned he did not anticipate the nine-time All-Star to be lacking from the lineup for lengthy.
“It is the identical hip soreness that he is had, so we really feel actual lucky that there wasn’t one thing new,” Quatraro mentioned. “It is everyday. Hopefully we will avoid him for a few days catching-wise. That is why we activated (Luke) Maile.”
Luke Maile, brought up from Triple-A Omaha earlier in the day, provides the Royals three catchers on their lively roster. With Perez out on Friday, Freddy Fermin took over behind the plate whereas Mark Canha assumed designated hitter duties.
Quatraro mentioned it wasn’t out of the query that the Royals may use Perez as a pinch hitter. Nonetheless, that will possible be an extended shot.
“We will do all the things we will to not use him,” Quatraro mentioned of Perez, who left Sunday’s sport towards the Tampa Bay Rays within the sixth inning with the hip challenge.
“I believe he was conscious how sore he was leaving the sport yesterday, and really glad that issues weren’t worse when he bought the MRI,” he continued. “It is everyday and actually not that large of a deal.”
Exterior of a seven-day injured record stint in 2023 due to a concussion, the 34-year-old Perez hasn’t been on the injured record for the reason that center of the 2022 marketing campaign.
Even with the sturdiness displayed by Perez, Maile, a nine-year MLB veteran, will get his first publicity with the Royals outdoors of spring coaching. He mentioned on Friday that he was digging again into his reminiscence financial institution to arrange to work with Royals pitchers once more in Baltimore and doubtlessly past.
“I will be relying fairly closely on these experiences,” Maile mentioned of spring coaching. “You actually have to remain in your sport there. It isn’t one thing you are taking evenly as a result of it would come again to chew you in the event you do.”
All quotations obtained firsthand until in any other case famous.
