{"id":12223,"date":"2018-03-29T00:58:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T04:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=12223"},"modified":"2019-08-14T15:15:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T19:15:39","slug":"fantasy-profile-robert-osuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2018\/03\/29\/fantasy-profile-robert-osuna\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvador Perez Tears MCL While Carrying Luggage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boy, this is bad news for fantasy owners, myself included. Star catcher for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/kansas-city-royals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kansas City Royals<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/perezsa02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Salvador Perez<\/strong><\/a>, suffered a Grade 2 MCL tear while carrying luggage upstairs per reports from Royals writer, Jeffrey Flanagan. As Perez was returning home from Spring Training, he missed a step while walking upstairs. Thankfully for Perez and the Royals, Perez will not require any surgery but is still expected to be out four to six weeks. The Perez injury follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2018\/03\/madison-bumgarner-diagnosed-with-fractured-hand.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">few other injuries<\/a>, most recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bumgama01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Madison Bumgarner<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/samarje01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jeff Samard<\/strong>zija<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Salvador Perez Tears MCL<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Salvy Perez slipped last night carrying his luggage and has MCL tear. Out 4-6 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlannyMLB\/status\/979117050034614272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Perez, 28, will be going on the disabled list after coming off a great spring in the Cactus League. He batted .350\/.409\/.900 with a 1.309 OPS. He raked six home runs and 11 RBI. For fantasy owners, Perez is projected to slug slash .258\/.296\/.460 with a .760 OPS. He&#8217;ll smash 23 home and 69 RBI per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/perezsa02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baseball Reference<\/a>. However, with Perez starting the season injured, we&#8217;ll see how close he gets to those stats.<\/p>\n<p>With Perez going on the DL to start the season, manager <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/y\/yostne01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ned Yost<\/a> <\/strong>will put<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/buterdr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Butera<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/2018\/03\/28\/kansas-city-royals-salvador-perez-sprains-knee-ligament-carrying-luggage.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">behind the plate<\/a> to start the season. Butera, 33, has spent eight seasons in the majors, seven seasons in the American League, three with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/minnesota-twins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota\u00a0Twins<\/a>, one with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/los-angeles-angels\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a>, and three seasons with the Royals. He&#8217;s also spent time with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/los-angeles-dodgers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> in the National League. Butera got by this spring with a .250\/.370\/.333 slash line with a .703 OPS. He hit a one home run and collected seven RBI in Surprise, Arizona. He has a career .203\/.258\/.299 slash line with a .557 OPS. Butera has collected 16 career home runs and 90 RBI.<\/p>\n<p>While the Royals are headed toward a rebuild, they still do have some pop in their line up with Perez on the shelf. They signed first basemen<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dudalu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucas Duda<\/a><\/strong> in order to fill in the gap left by Hosmer, they also signed<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jayjo02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jon Jay<\/a><\/strong> in to fill in for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cainlo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lorenzo Cain<\/a><\/strong>, and they re-signed third basemen<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/moustmi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Moustakas<\/a><\/strong>. The Royals will still miss the five-time\u00a0All-Star\u00a0who&#8217;s had a 20 home run seasons in the last three years. While rebuilding teams are more worried about the acquiring and developing young talent the Royals would still like to start 2018 off on the right foot.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"GierXraMQAluXEJQrKKZwg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/923874364\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'GierXraMQAluXEJQrKKZwg',sig:'ui35vShAMV6BPCt2z93EUgAf-y86bGjxNNOvhd60ONw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'923874364',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boy, this is bad news for fantasy owners, myself included. Star catcher for the Kansas City Royals,\u00a0 Salvador Perez, suffered a Grade 2 MCL tear while carrying luggage upstairs per reports from Royals writer, Jeffrey Flanagan. As Perez was returning home from Spring Training, he missed a step while walking upstairs. Thankfully for Perez and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2133,"featured_media":12228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,2886,12],"tags":[68,51,941,69,527,1940],"class_list":["post-12223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-fantasy-baseball","category-royals","tag-baseball","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-latest-mlb-news","tag-mlb","tag-salvador-perez","tag-torn-mcl"],"modified_by":"Sean Couch (Senior Editor)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}