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Liam McKeone

Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. Offers Positive Injury Update After Getting Beaned by Fastball

Bobby Witt Jr. took a fastball to the forearm on Wednesday | Kansas City Royal

The Kansas City Royals suffered a big scare on Wednesday afternoon. In a spring training contest with the Seattle Mariners, superstar shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. got drilled by a 96-mph fastball on the arm. Witt was in clear pain after the HBP and left the game, telling manager Matt Quatraro that he initially lost feeling in his fingers but that it was beginning to return.

The team took Witt out anyway so he could go get precautionary X-rays. Here's the play:

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