Kansas City
Royals catcher Salvador
Perez is headed for Tommy John surgery and out for the
season. New York
Yankees ace Luis Severino is
shut down, too -- at least through opening day.
Hours after Severino stopped warming up in the bullpen
because of an inflamed right shoulder, the Royals announced more damaging news
Tuesday: Perez will have surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right elbow,
keeping the six-time All-Star off the field for the entire year.
Perez hurt the elbow during a workout last week and said
over the weekend that he was harboring a slim hope he might be able to play
through it. Instead, he is expected to undergo surgery Wednesday.
"There was nothing that can prepare us for this. There
was no information we had that led us this direction," Royals general
manager Dayton Moore said. "Salvy was having no issues. He's asymptomatic.
He has wear and tear, just like any 28-year-old catcher who's been squatting and
catching since he was 12 years old. There was no warning sign or anything like
that."
Perez hit just .235 last season but had 27 homers and 80 RBI
while providing a solid and calming presence behind the plate. The MVP of the
2015 World Series was being counted upon to help the rebuilding Royals take the
steps necessary to return to the playoffs, particularly when it came to their
young but promising rotation.
Now, Cam Gallagher and Meibrys
Viloria are expected to share time behind the plate.
The Yankees will rework their rotation while Severino
recovers. He was loosening up for his first spring training start when he felt
something wrong as he threw his first slider. He won't throw for two weeks,
manager Aaron Boone said after a 5-1 win over Atlanta.
The Yankees open at home on March 28 against Baltimore.
Masahiro
Tanaka, James Paxton, CC Sabathia and J.A. Happ are
also projected to be in the Yankees' rotation. Luis Cessa, Jonathan
Loaisiga and Domingo
German are possible short-term replacements for Severino.
Dallas
Keuchel and Gio Gonzalez remain
available as free agents.
Severino agreed to a $40 million, four-year contract before
this season. The 25-year-old right-hander is a two-time All-Star. He went 19-8
with a 3.39 ERA last year.
FROM AROUND THE GRAPEFRUIT AND CACTUS LEAGUES
PHILLIES 2, CARDINALS 1
St. Louis starter Jack Flaherty struck
out seven batters in a row and fanned nine over four innings. The 23-year-old
right-hander gave up singles to Rhys Hoskins and J.T. Realmuto to
open the second inning, then fanned the next seven until Hoskins hit a tapper
back to the mound.
After signing a four-year, $45 million contract extension,
Philadelphia ace Aaron Nola made
his spring debut and worked three innings of one-hit ball.
RED SOX 8, NATIONALS 4
Washington star Max Scherzer retired
the first nine hitters in order, then let seven of the first eight batters in
the fourth inning reach base, ending his outing.
Blake Swihart had
two hits for Boston and Tzu-Wei Lin homered.
PIRATES 10, ORIOLES 4
Chris Archer pitched
two hitless innings in his spring debut, striking out four for Pittsburgh. It
was his first game action since undergoing a hernia surgery in November. Josh Bell hit
a three-run homer for the Pirates.
Alex Cobb worked
three innings for Baltimore, allowing two hits.
BLUE JAYS 5, TIGERS 2
Justin Smoak hit
a three-run homer and Lourdes
Gurriel Jr. also connected for Toronto.
Detroit starter Matt Moore allowed
three runs on three hits and three walks in three innings.
TWINS 9, RAYS 2
Eddie Rosario hit
a grand slam in an eight-run first inning for Minnesota. Jake Odorizzi pitched
2 2/3 scoreless innings while striking out four and Michael
Pineda gave up a hit in his two innings.
Tampa Bay starter Adam Kolarek was
hit hard.
Twins third baseman Miguel Sano will
likely miss the first month of the regular season, following another procedure
to repair a severe cut above the heel on his right foot. The gash he suffered
Jan. 26 in his native Dominican Republic when he slipped on some metal stairs
on a stage during his team's winter league championship celebration hasn't
healed as expected.
YANKEES 5, BRAVES 1
Aaron Judge homered,
doubled and drove in three runs for the Yankees. Atlanta starter Kyle Wright threw
three shutout innings.
MARLINS 3, METS 1
Miami starter Sandy
Alcantara worked 3 2/3 scoreless innings. New Mets closer Edwin Diazstruck
out two in an inning.
INDIANS 11, WHITE SOX (SS) 0
Leonys Martin hit
his second home run of the spring and Carlos
Santana hit his third for Cleveland. Adam Plutko gave
up one hit over 3 2/3 innings in the start.
ATHLETICS 4, RANGERS 1
Dustin Fowler homered
and Jurickson
Profar hit a two-run single for Oakland. Joakim Soriastruck
out three in an inning of relief.
Texas starter Drew Smyly struck
out three over two hitless innings. Jason Hammel followed
with two hitless innings.
ANGELS 9, CUBS 2
Mike Trout hit
a three-run homer and Kole Calhoun also
homered for Los Angeles.
Addison
Russell hit two doubles for Chicago. Willson
Contreras also doubled, and circled the bases when Trout kicked
the ball in center field while trying to pick it up, sending it rolling along
the warning track toward right.
BREWERS 1, ROCKIES 0
Corbin Burnes gave
up three hits and fanned four in a three-inning start for Milwaukee.
Colorado starter Chad Bettis worked
2 2/3 shutout innings and struck out four.
MARINERS 7, PADRES (SS) 7, 9 INNINGS
Seattle starter Mike Leake was
tagged for eight hits, including home runs by Francisco
Mejiaand Manuel Margot,
in 3 2/3 innings.
PADRES (SS) 7, WHITE SOX (SS) 4
Eloy Jimenez hit a two-run homer for Chicago. Michael Gettys
had two doubles for San Diego.
ROYALS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3
Whit
Merrifield hit a triple and walked twice for Kansas City, which
took advantage of a throwing error by second baseman Wilmer Flores. Jorge Soler had
an RBI single and Chris Owings doubled
home a run against his former team.
Jake Lamb delivered
an RBI double for Arizona, and Ketel Marte had
two hits. Archie
Bradleystruck out two in a scoreless inning of relief.
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