Kansas City Royals Place Key Infielder on IL Monday

The Kansas City Royals (7-16) lost 7-5 in 12 innings to the Baltimore Orioles on Monday to extend their losing streak to eight games, but that's not their only issue. They also placed infielder Jonathan India on the 10-day injured list retroactive to Sunday with a left shoulder sublaxation, per MLB.com.

This is the same shoulder injury that has previously plagued India, per MLB.com's Anne Rogers.

"[He] received [an] injection and is seeing another doctor this week to determine next steps," she added.

The Royals acquired India and Joey Wiemer from the Cincinnati Reds for starting pitcher Brady Singer in November 2024. The 5-foot-10, 200-pounder struggled in his first season with Kansas City, as he slashed .233/.323/.346 with nine homers and 46 RBIs over 136 games.

India is typically better than that, as he has a career slash line of .247/.346/.396. The Reds drafted the Florida native No. 5 overall in 2018, and he notched an .835 OPS as a rookie in 2021 before notching a .700-plus OPS in each of the next three seasons.

However, India continued to struggle before getting hurt this season, as he's slashing .167/.310/.313 with two homers and eight RBIs over 17 games. Kansas City needs the 29-year-old to be healthy and play as he did for Cincinnati, as the squad is struggling.

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