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- Updated: May 7, 2016
CLEVELAND — Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas thought all along he could play through what turned out to be a fractured bone in his left hand.
Manager Ned Yost actually even had Moustakas in the starting lineup on Friday. But Moustakas finally conceded before the game that his efforts weren’t helping anyone.
“I got to the park here and I couldn’t even hold the bat,” Moustakas said, “and I couldn’t get my hand in my glove.”
So the Royals scratched Moustakas from the lineup on Friday, and on Saturday placed him on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Thursday. The Royals then recalled third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert from Triple-A Omaha. Cuthbert was in the starting lineup for Saturday’s game against the Indians.
Trainer Nick Kenney and Moustakas both said the recovery time will be two to three weeks.
Moustakas first suffered the injury on the last road trip against the Angels, while applying a tag at third base.
“It just got jammed and I …
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