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The Royals placed starter\u00a0Seth Lugo<\/a><\/strong> on the seven-day concussion injured list this evening. Righty\u00a0Eli Morgan<\/a><\/strong> is up from Triple-A Omaha to provide an extra bullpen arm for the time being.<\/p>\n It was a scary scene on Wednesday when Lugo was struck in the face<\/a> by a comebacker hit by Brandon Nimmo<\/a><\/strong>. The ball came off the bat at 106.6 mph and hit him on the right side of his forehead. Nimmo, a former teammate of Lugo\u2019s with the Mets, was equally concerned as the players on the Kansas City side and raced out to the mound to check on the veteran righty as soon as time was called.<\/p>\n Lugo immediately had a welt on his forehead but thankfully avoided the worst. He was able to leave the game under his own power. Manager Matt Quatraro said this afternoon that Lugo felt worse on Friday than he had yesterday (link via Drew Davison of MLB.com<\/a>). He\u2019s still dealing with headaches and increased head pressure. The seven-day IL is available whether a player has been formally diagnosed with a concussion or has concussion-like symptoms.<\/p>\n The Royals are now down three-fifths of their preferred rotation.\u00a0Cole Ragans<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0Kris Bubic<\/a><\/strong> have both been out for a month with elbow issues. Bubic made a rehab start on Tuesday but reported some shoulder discomfort after that appearance, Quatraro told the K.C. beat. He\u2019ll go for further testing this weekend before the Royals determine next steps.<\/p>\n Michael Wacha<\/a><\/strong> started yesterday\u2019s series finale against Texas. The Royals will run\u00a0Luinder Avila<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Noah Cameron<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0Stephen Kolek<\/a><\/strong> for their weekend set with the Astros. They\u2019ll either need a bullpen game or a new fifth starter on Monday for the beginning of a series in Washington. No one in the MLB bullpen has been built up to a rotation workload.<\/p>\n Mitch Spence<\/a><\/strong>, who has an ERA pushing 7.00 in the minors, is their only healthy depth starter on the 40-man roster. He\u2019s starting for Omaha tonight, so the Royals clearly aren\u2019t viewing him as a candidate for Monday. Their non-roster starters in the minors (e.g. Aaron Sanchez<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ryan Ramsey<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ben Sears<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Henry Williams<\/strong><\/a>) have all struggled as well.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/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\u00a0Seth Lugo on the seven-day concussion injured list this evening. Righty\u00a0Eli Morgan is up from Triple-A Omaha to provide an extra bullpen arm for the time being. It was a scary scene on Wednesday when Lugo was struck in the face by a comebacker hit by Brandon Nimmo. 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