
The Kansas City Royals will be without their first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino for the rest of the regular season, and possibly into the postseason, as he's set to miss six to eight weeks with a broken right thumb, the team announced on Friday.
Pasquantino suffered the injury during the Royals' 6–3 loss to the Houston Astros on Thursday night. The first baseman attempted to catch a ball thrown by reliever Lucas Erceg for a out in the eighth inning. When Pasquantino tried to catch it, Astros catcher Yanier Diaz ran into his glove, causing Pasquantino to fall to the ground in pain.