Just eight days before Opening Day, Jorge Soler’s spring hit a familiar and painful snag.
Soler, a 25-year-old outfielder, sustained a strained oblique muscle while competing in a minor-league game on Sunday afternoon, Royals manager Ned Yost said. Soler was slated to undergo an MRI on Monday and, barring some unexpected good news, will likely begin the season on the 10-day disabled list.
"We’re not going to really wonder about it until we know," Yost said on Monday morning. "We got to know the severity. But is it a DL thing? It very well could be."
Acquired from the Chicago Cubs in an offseason trade for closer Wade Davis, Soler had started slow in his first spring with the Royals.