Outfielder Jorge Soler appears headed for the 10-day disabled list as the Royals prepare to set their roster in advance of Opening Day on Monday. The club, however, will not make a formal move before it must.
Soler, 25, sustained a grade 1 oblique strain in a minor-league game on Sunday afternoon. He will be shut down until he is pain free, Royals manager Ned Yost said on Tuesday, a period that is expected to be five to seven days.
Yost, however, declined to confirm that Soler will begin the season on the disabled list, which has decreased from the traditional 15 days to 10 following a new collective-bargaining agreement in the offseason.