Maikel Garcia has been banged up for the last month, and today the Royals finally placed him on the 10-day Injured List with a left hand muscle strain. Before that, Garcia had been dealing with a hamstring strain earlier this month. Infielder Josh Rojas was recalled from Triple-A Omaha.
Garcia told reporters he had been dealing with hand soreness since a series against the Cardinals in mid-May. He exited a game last Tuesday in Washington when he reaggravated the injury, and and was out until Sunday’s game against the Cardinals. He was 0-for-5 that day, but went 1-for-4 last night against the Rays. Garcia has appeared in 69 games this year, and is hitting .261/.320/.373 with three home runs, good for 1.6 rWAR.
Rojas is an eight-year MLB veteran, who has hit .241/.317/.352 in his career with the Diamodnbacks, Mariners, and White Sox. He was up briefly for the Royals earlier this year, appearing in two games and going 1-for-5. The left-handed hitter is capable of playing all over the field, and was hitting .251/.313/.445with eight home runs in 58 games for Omaha.
The Royals are also without shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., who is nursing a knee injury but has not yet been placed on the Injured List. That leaves them with Rojas, Isaac Collins, Nick Loftin, Michael Massey, and Tyler Tolbert as the only healthy infielders on the roster, in addition to first baseman Jac Caglianone. Witt is wearing a brace on his knee, but took grounders yesterday and hit for the first time since injuring it on Thursday.
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