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Kansas City Royals Give Encouraging Injury Update on Ryan Yarbrough

The Kansas City Royals lefty, who got hit with a line drive in the face on Sunday afternoon, got a relatively positive update on Monday.

Brady Farkas

Kansas City Royals Give Encouraging Injury Update on Ryan Yarbrough
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Kansas City Royals left-handed pitcher Ryan Yarbrough got a relatively positive health update on Monday considering the circumstances.

The pitcher was hit by a line drive in the face during Sunday's game against the Oakland Athletics. You can watch the play within this post, but be warned, it's hard to watch.

The Royals tweeted this update on Monday:

"We appreciate all the support for Ryan Yarbrough and the patience from fans and the media.

We're happy to share that Ryan is stable and improving and never lost consciousness. He sustained multiple non-displaced fractures, and we do not believe he will need surgery.

Ryan is is undergoing more testing today, and we will share his progress as we can."

You certainly don't like to hear about facial fractures, but given the scary nature of the play, to hear that he doesn't need surgery is a positive outcome.

The 31-year-old is in his first year with the Royals and has posted a 1-4 record with a 6.15 ERA.

He spent five years previously with the Tampa Bay Rays and helped the Rays make the World Series in the COVID-shortened 2020 season. He won 16 games in 2018 and has a lifetime record of 41-35 with a 4.41 ERA.

Yarbrough got the win on Sunday, going 5.2 innings and allowing just one run. The Royals won the game 5-1 and moved to 9-26 in the process.

The Royals are opening up a series with the Chicago White Sox on Monday. 

First pitch is 7:40 p.m. ET.

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BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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