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Royals, amid wild-card race, search for offense vs. NatsA pair of anemic offenses will try to find some life when the Kansas Royals visit the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.The Royals (83...
Royals face the Nationals leading series 1-0
The Kansas City Royals take a 1-0 advantage into the next game of the series against the Washington Nationals27 MINS AGO•ASSOCIATED PRESS
James McArthur - Won't return in OctoberMcArthur (elbow) will not return in 2024, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
ImpactMcArthur is being shut down after his attempts to rehab a Grade 1 UCL sprain have not gone well. The right-hander functioned as the Royals' closer for a large part of the year, racking up 18 saves in 25 chances with a 4.92 ERA, 1.45 WHIP and 49:14 K:BB over 56.2 innings. Given the nature of his injury, it's unclear if he'll be ready to go from the start next spring.
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James McArthur - Won't return in OctoberMcArthur (elbow) will not return in 2024, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
ImpactMcArthur is being shut down after his attempts to rehab a Grade 1 UCL sprain have not gone well. The right-hander functioned as the Royals' closer for a large part of the year, racking up 18 saves in 25 chances with a 4.92 ERA, 1.45 WHIP and 49:14 K:BB over 56.2 innings. Given the nature of his injury, it's unclear if he'll be ready to go from the start next spring.
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Hunter Harvey - Shut down for seasonHarvey (back) won't return in 2024, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
ImpactHarvey has not made sufficient progress while rehabbing his back injury, and the Royals have opted to shut him down instead. He'll end the season with a 4.44 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 55:16 K:BB over 50.2 innings while adding a save and 28 holds across 49 appearances between the Nationals and the Royals.
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Hunter Harvey - Shut down for seasonHarvey (back) won't return in 2024, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
ImpactHarvey has not made sufficient progress while rehabbing his back injury, and the Royals have opted to shut him down instead. He'll end the season with a 4.44 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 55:16 K:BB over 50.2 innings while adding a save and 28 holds across 49 appearances between the Nationals and the Royals.
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Dairon Blanco - Reaches 30-steal markBlanco went 0-for-1 and stole a base in Tuesday's 1-0 extra-inning win over the Nationals.
ImpactBlanco entered the game as a pinch runner and picked up his fifth steal over eight contests this month. While his usage has been limited all season, the Royals' additions via waivers at the end of August to bolster their outfield cut off Blanco's remaining paths to playing time. Nonetheless, he's one of 23 players in the majors to reach 30 steals this year, doing so on 37 attempts despite seeing just 129 plate appearances across 85 contests.
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