KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) 鈥� Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was out of the lineup for Friday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals with a grade-1 MCL sprain.
He left Thursday’s game at the end of the fourth inning after earlier fielding a ground ball.
Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro said Friday the Royals were 鈥渇ortunate鈥� that it was just a mild sprain.
鈥淚t just could have been a lot worse,鈥� Quatraro said.
The plan was to give Witt Friday off. The teams are scheduled for a rare Saturday off day because a World Cup match between Ecuador and Cura莽ao will be played at neighboring Kansas City Stadium (GEHA Field at Arrowhead) on Saturday night.
Quatraro was hopeful that Witt could return for Sunday’s game.
鈥淲e鈥檒l re-evaluate the timeline come Sunday,鈥� he said, “So we鈥檒l see. It鈥檚 not a surgical thing. I know they can put a brace on it. It鈥檚 going to be (getting) the swelling out of there and understand how he feels. Those conversations are going to have to be honest between all of us.鈥�
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