{"id":2357080,"date":"2026-04-03T15:12:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2357080"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:12:04","slug":"royals-rookie-oversleeps-removed-from-lineup-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-rookie-oversleeps-removed-from-lineup-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals rookie oversleeps, removed from lineup &#8211; Field Level Media &#8211; Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Royals rookie catcher Carter Jensen overslept and was removed from Kansas City\u2019s starting lineup on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t wake up to my alarm. Slept through it,\u201d he told The Kansas City Star. \u201cDon\u2019t really have an excuse \u2014 nor should I. It [stinks]. It happens. I feel like I let teammates down, coaches down. Just learn from it and just know it won\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jensen, 22, arrived too late to prepare to start the home game against Minnesota. Salvador Perez, the designated hitter in the original lineup, caught the first eight innings before Jensen came in during the ninth inning of the 5-1 loss to the Twins.<\/p>\n<p>The game was scheduled for 1:10 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst and foremost, I\u2019m glad Carter\u2019s OK,\u201d Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino told reporters. \u201cI mean, that was kind of the initial thought when you\u2019re trying to get a hold of his parents and everything like that \u2014 just make sure he\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jensen, a Kansas City native, was drafted by the Royals in the third round in 2021. He made his major league debut last September and is batting .125 (2-for-16) with one homer and two RBIs through six games this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are some things that cannot happen, and that\u2019s one of them,\u201d Pasquantino said. \u201cSo he\u2019s going to have to wear it on the chin \u2014 same way anybody would have to. It can\u2019t happen, and hopefully it doesn\u2019t happen again. But it\u2019s one of those things that you just can\u2019t afford mistakes like that in this game. Just got to move forward the best that he can. I know he feels really bad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it was not his favorite drive to the field this morning, but it wasn\u2019t our favorite morning either, trying to figure out what was going on. He\u2019ll learn from it, grow a little bit. We\u2019re here for him, though. It\u2019s not like anybody\u2019s mad at him. Things happen. But you\u2019ve got to learn from mistakes like that \u2014 and maybe get another alarm clock or something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Royals are off to a 3-3 start as they begin a three-game home series Friday against the Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__author--mobile\">\n<div class=\"article__author-profile\">\n<div class=\"author__avatar\">\n                                            \n                                        <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source fieldlevelmedia.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royals rookie catcher Carter Jensen overslept and was removed from Kansas City\u2019s starting lineup on Thursday. \u201cI didn\u2019t wake up to my alarm. Slept through it,\u201d he told The Kansas City Star. \u201cDon\u2019t really have an excuse \u2014 nor should I. It [stinks]. It happens. I feel like I let teammates down, coaches down. 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