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MLB notebook: Royals welcome Perez, Gordon back

[April 25, 2018] The Kansas City Royals activated catcher Salvador Perez and left fielder Alex Gordon from the disabled list, the team announced Tuesday.

Perez, a five-time All-Star, has been sidelined since tearing the MCL in his left knee while taking his suitcase up the stairs in his home on March 27. Gordon, a three-time All-Star, suffered a tear in his left hip on April 9. He was batting .174 in 23 at-bats before the injury.

Perez, 27, established career highs of 27 home runs and 80 RBIs last season while batting .268. He has hit more than 20 homers in three straight seasons. Gordon, 34, had hit 160 homers in 12 seasons with the Royals.

The Royals cleared the roster openings by optioning catcher Cam Gallagher (.208 in 24 at-bats) and outfielder Paulo Orlando (.191 in 47 at-bats) to Triple-A Omaha.

Kansas City also placed right-hander Justin Grimm (back) on the 10-day disabled list and promoted left-hander Eric Stout from Omaha. Grimm has a 7.71 ERA in 10 appearances this season. Stout had a 4.70 ERA in five appearances with Omaha this season.

--The Cleveland Indians and free-agent outfielder Melky Cabrera have agreed to a minor league contract, according to multiple reports.

The deal is pending a physical. Once official, Cabrera would report to extended spring training in Goodyear, Ariz., for about a week before joining Triple-A Columbus ahead of a potential promotion to the majors.

Cabrera, 33, hit .285 with 17 home runs and 85 RBIs in 156 games between the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals last season. The switch-hitter has a .286 career average, with 131 homers and 768 RBIs in 13 major league seasons, and was an All-Star for the San Francisco Giants in 2012.

--The Chicago White Sox have placed outfielder Avisail Garcia on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring suffered in the team's 10-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday. Outfielder Daniel Palka has been recalled from Triple-A Charlotte in a corresponding move.

Garcia was injured in the second inning Monday while running to first base on a grounder to third. He was named an All-Star during his breakout 2017 season in which he hit .330 with career highs of 18 home runs and 80 RBIs. The 26-year-old has hit .233 with one homer and four RBIs in 18 games this season.

Palka has yet to make his major league debut. The White Sox claimed the 26-year-old off waivers from the Minnesota Twins during the offseason and optioned him to Charlotte after he hit .120 in 25 spring training at-bats. Palka has hit .286 with three home runs and seven RBIs for the Knights this season.

--The day after right-hander Scott Oberg was torched for five runs in one-third of an inning in Monday's 13-5 loss to the San Diego Padres, the Colorado Rockies optioned the right-hander to Triple-A Albuquerque. He has a 1-0 record in 10 appearances.

The Rockies recalled right-hander Brooks Pounders from Albuquerque to replace him. Pounders, 27, had a 3.60 ERA in seven minor league appearances. Pounders has been with the Kansas City Royals (2016) and Los Angeles Angels (2017). He is 3-1 with a 9.78 ERA in 24 career appearances.

The Rockies also designated right-hander Zach Jemiola for assignment.

--The banged up Baltimore Orioles claimed infielder Jace Peterson after he was placed on waivers by the New York Yankees. The Orioles are already without injured second baseman Jonathan Schoop and saw Tim Beckham leave Monday's game against the Cleveland Indians in the eighth inning with a groin injury.

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Peterson, 27, has appeared in 386 games since coming up with the San Diego Padres in 2014. He has played shortstop, second and third base and all three outfield positions.

In addition, first baseman/outfielder Trey Mancini (right knee) returned to action Monday as a pinch hitter after missing two games.

--A new injury, this one to his left foot, could keep Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton from returning from the disabled list Wednesday when he is eligible.

Buxton, on a rehab assignment with Class-A Advanced Fort Myers as he recovers from a bout with migraine headaches, injured his foot Sunday and was scratched from Fort Myers' lineup Monday as a result. X-rays on the foot injury came back negative.

Buxton is batting .195 (8-for-41) with two RBIs and four stolen bases in 11 games this season.

--Washington Nationals right-hander Shawn Kelley went on the 10-day disabled list Tuesday, one day after injuring his pitching arm against the San Francisco Giants.

Kelley, who has undergone two Tommy John operations, departed Monday's contest in the sixth inning with ulnar collateral ligament nerve irritation in his right elbow. The 33-year-old first felt the pain when he served up a 466-foot home run to San Francisco's Mac Williamson.

The Nationals also sent infielder Matt Reynolds to Triple-A Syracuse and recalled outfielder Rafael Bautista and infielder Adrian Sanchez from the same club.

--The Minnesota Twins recalled right-hander Tyler Duffey from Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday.

Duffey will take the roster spot of right-hander Alan Busenitz, who was optioned to Rochester after the team's 14-1 loss to the New York Yankees on Monday. Busenitz, 27, allowed two runs in two-thirds of an inning in the contest.

Duffey, 27, began the year with Rochester and has thrown 11 innings for the Red Wings across four relief appearances, striking out 14. He's allowed two unearned runs and just three hits.

--The Atlanta Braves recalled left-hander Max Fried, one of their top pitching prospects, from Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday and designated right-hander Miguel Socolovich for assignment.

Fried, 24, has a 2.45 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 11 innings between two starts at Gwinnett. He was selected No. 7 overall by the San Diego Padres in the 2012 MLB Draft and made his major league debut last season, posting a 3.81 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 26 innings across nine games (four starts).

With no spots in Atlanta's rotation currently open, Fried will likely serve the club out of the bullpen. Socolovich, 31, had a 9.00 ERA in three innings pitched for the Braves this year.

--The Chicago White Sox provided a medical update on pitcher Danny Farquhar, who sustained a brain aneurysm during Friday's game against the Houston Astros.

Farquhar was in critical but neurologically stable condition Tuesday. The team announced that he had the use of his extremities and was responding and speaking to family members and doctors.

--Field Level Media

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