The Royals activated Hunter Renfroe from the Injured Checklist on Thursday. He had been out since August 24 with a hamstring harm and went 0-for-4 in a single rehab recreation with Double-A Northwest Arkansas this week. To make room on the roster, the Royals optioned pitcher Steven Cruz to Triple-A Omaha.
The transfer leaves the Royals with simply 13 pitchers, whereas they’ve 15 hitters. They acquired first baseman Yuli Gurriel and claimed outfielder Tommy Pham and Robbie Grossman off waivers whereas Renfroe was out. With an off day immediately, the Royals could not want as many arms, however finally they’ll need to get again to the roster max of 14 pitchers, which would require taking a hitter off the roster. The one place gamers with choices remaining are Bobby Witt Jr., Michael Massey, MJ Melendez, Maikel Garcia, Kyle Isbel, Freddy Fermin, and Dairon Blanco. The Royals might additionally half methods with Adam Frazier or Garrett Hampson.
Renfroe was hitting .237/.312./398 with 12 house runs in 104 video games earlier than he acquired damage. He has a $7.5 million participant possibility for 2025. The Royals have been utilizing Tommy Pham in proper discipline the final 4 video games, and his three-run house run propelled the Royals to victory Wednesday night.
Steven Cruz has not allowed a run in three outings with the Royals, hanging out two hitters in 3 1⁄3 innings. The Royals additionally designated pitcher Dan Altvailla for project. The 31-year-old right-hander gave up six runs in 3 2⁄3 innings earlier this season with the Royals, however had been out since June 20 with an indirect harm.
