{"id":2458805,"date":"2026-06-14T09:28:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2458805"},"modified":"2026-06-14T09:28:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:28:59","slug":"royals-ragans-has-setback-in-rehab-for-injured-left-elbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-ragans-has-setback-in-rehab-for-injured-left-elbow\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals&#8217; Ragans has setback in rehab for injured left elbow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Jun 13, 2026, 07:43 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#8212; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/kc\/kansas-city-royals\">Royals<\/a> left-hander Cole Ragans experienced a setback during his injury rehab, the team said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>A 2024 All-Star, Ragans was placed on the 15-day injured list May 8 because of a left elbow impingement.<\/p>\n<p>Ragans (1-4, 4.84 ERA) threw a bullpen session Wednesday before having a similar session limited Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cole woke up yesterday not feeling well, arm-wise,&#8221; Royals manager Matt Quatraro said before Saturday&#8217;s game against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-astros\">Houston Astros<\/a>. &#8220;When he came out to play catch yesterday, he had to cut it short.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/49009896\/mlb-2026-power-rankings-week-11-braves-dodgers-yankees-cardinals-white-sox\" class=\"img-link\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ragans left his May 6 start against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/cle\/cleveland-guardians\">Cleveland Guardians<\/a> after three innings and was diagnosed with valgus extension overload.<\/p>\n<p>Ragans made a rehab start at Triple-A Omaha on May 23, tossing 4\u2153 innings, and was expected to return to the Royals&#8217; rotation soon.<\/p>\n<p>A three-time Opening Day starter for Kansas City, Ragans has suffered numerous injury setbacks in his four seasons with the Royals, including missing most of last season because of a left groin strain and a rotator cuff strain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to get him some more testing over the next couple of days,&#8221; Quatraro said.<\/p>\n<p>The setback for the Royals follows All-Star right-hander <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/34873\">Seth Lugo<\/a> being placed on the seven-day concussion injured list after being <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/49024846\/royals-seth-lugo-leaves-game-taking-liner-head\">hit in the head<\/a> with a line drive during his May 10 start against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/tex\/texas-rangers\">Texas Rangers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/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 www.espn.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jun 13, 2026, 07:43 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#8212; Royals left-hander Cole Ragans experienced a setback during his injury rehab, the team said Saturday. A 2024 All-Star, Ragans was placed on the 15-day injured list May 8 because of a left elbow impingement. 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