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The Royals placed starter\u00a0Michael Wacha<\/a><\/strong> on the seven-day concussion injured list before tonight\u2019s game against the Guardians. The move is retroactive to September 8.\u00a0Jonathan India<\/a><\/strong> is back after a minimal 10-day IL stay for a sprained wrist as the corresponding move.<\/p>\n Wacha was injured in an off-field accident, manager Matt Quatraro told reporters (including MLB.com\u2019s Anne Rogers<\/a>). The Royals believe it\u2019s a minor issue but it will cost him at least one start. Wacha had been lined up for tomorrow. That starter is now to be determined in what\u2019ll probably be a bullpen game.<\/p>\n Kansas City doesn\u2019t have any healthy starters on optional assignment. They could select Spencer Turnbull<\/a><\/strong> onto the 40-man roster for a spot appearance, but he\u2019s only made one Triple-A start since signing a minor league deal in late August. Turnbull had allowed more than a run per inning over six Triple-A appearances in the Cubs\u2019 system before that. Wacha is their sixth starting pitcher on the injured list (seventh if one includes Kyle Wright<\/a><\/strong>, who is on the 40-man roster but on the minor league IL).<\/p>\n They\u2019re currently down to a four-man group of Michael Lorenzen<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Noah Cameron<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Stephen Kolek<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0Ryan Bergert<\/a><\/strong> as they try to hang in the Wild Card mix. Bergert has been pretty good since coming over from San Diego in a deadline trade but got blown up last night (eight earned runs in 3 1\/3 innings). Cameron is on the bump tonight, while Kolek has already been tabbed for Thursday\u2019s series finale. Lorenzen would be on schedule for Friday\u2019s opener in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n The Royals enter tonight\u2019s game three back of the Mariners for the American League\u2019s final playoff spot. They\u2019d also need to jump the Rangers and Guardians along the way. It feels pivotal that they take at least two of the final three games of their ongoing series in Cleveland \u2014 a task that gets quite a bit more difficult without Wacha on the mound tomorrow. The veteran righty carries a 3.45 earned run average across 28 starts and a team-leading 159 innings.<\/p>\n Cole Ragans<\/a><\/strong> is at Triple-A Omaha on a rehab stint as he works back from a three-month shoulder injury.\u00a0Seth Lugo<\/a><\/strong> went down with a lower back strain last week. They were already without\u00a0Kris Bubic<\/a><\/strong> for the season. Wacha\u2019s injury seems minor enough that any or all of him, Ragans and Lugo could make it back in the next week or two. It remains to be seen if K.C. can find a way to hang in the playoff picture long enough for that to matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.mlbtraderumors.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Royals placed starter\u00a0Michael Wacha on the seven-day concussion injured list before tonight\u2019s game against the Guardians. The move is retroactive to September 8.\u00a0Jonathan India is back after a minimal 10-day IL stay for a sprained wrist as the corresponding move. 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