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- Updated: June 5, 2016
CLEVELAND — The Royals’ top pitching prospect, Kyle Zimmer, was placed on the disabled list on Sunday with right shoulder fatigue.
Zimmer, the club’s No. 2 prospect overall and 60th-ranked prospect in all of Major League baseball according to MLBPipeline.com, has pitched 5 2/3 innings in the Minors this season between Class A Advanced Wilmington and Double-A Northwest Arkansas, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits with 11 strikeouts in three starts.
The Royals’ first-round Draft pick in 2012, Zimmer left his start for Northwest Arkansas on May 17 after only one inning due to shoulder fatigue. He also missed time during Spring Training with a similar shoulder issue.
Also on Sunday, the Royals signed infielder Irving Falu to a Minor League deal. Falu last appeared in the Majors in 2014, and previously played for the Royals in 2012 and 2013, hitting .337 (30-for-89) in 25 games.
Falu was signed because …
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