11:19 am: The Director-General of the Royal Family, Dayton Moore, announced that Mondesi had been diagnosed with a ruptured ACL (Twitter link via Lewis). It is very likely that this season will be over, and depending on his recovery, maybe even his tenure with the team. Mondesi will be eligible to arbitrate for the last time this winter. He’ll likely get a salary similar to this year’s affordable average of $3 million, but after sustaining a severe knee injury, it won’t be a lock that he’ll get a contract. The Royal Family will have the entire season to assess and monitor his recovery before making that call. If he is progressing well, then this is a very reasonable price, but only time will tell about the course of the rehabilitation process.
As for Singer, he will already be rebuilt as a starting leader in Omaha, Moore added. This could indicate a quick turnaround and a return to the big companies, assuming all goes well. The singer last performed on April 26 and delivered two tours. It could start in the next few days.
11:15 am: The royal family announced a series of roster moves on Thursday, most notably the selection of the right hand Brady Singer To Triple-A Omaha and shortstop mode Adalberto Mondesi On the list of the wounded for 10 days. Defender Kyle Isble and player Emmanuel Rivera From Omaha in a pair of corresponding movements. Mondesi is dealing with a knee injury, and last night’s tests revealed some structural damage, in Alec Lewis from the athlete (Twitter link).
Aside from a short rehab assignment in 2021, this will be Singer’s first minor assignment since 2019, when he was removed for just one year from being the 18th overall pick in the 2018 draft. Singer made the Royals’ Opening Day roster in 2020 and was included in the List of major leagues (or list of injured) since that time. He looked like a potential spin-off staple after a solid debutante in 2020, when he blasted into a 4.06 ERA with league strike and walk rates as well as an excellent 53.1% average in 64 1/3 runs.
However, the 2021 season was not going smoothly. Singer had a first half up and down but was generally serviceable before the All-Star break, scoring 4.52 ERAs in 85 2/3 runs. He averaged just under five rounds per appearance, however, by mid-July, his speed was slightly below the season start average. The singer was beaten by the Orioles for seven runs in just two rounds on July 17, and members of the royal family put him on their list of sufferers of shoulder fatigue two days later. Singer made a comeback in just under a month, but was unsuccessful for the remainder of the season, returning to the injured list in late September with a strained biceps.
Kansas City somewhat surprisingly moved Singer from shift to the field this year — a new role for the bowler who has started all of his previous 39 league games. The results so far haven’t been great. Singer yielded four runs in seven strokes and walked six strokes in 6 2/3 innings. Director Mike Matheny said as the royals set their opening day rotation that the organization still viewed Singer as a long-term starting pitcher. It is possible, then, that the singer will get a chance to stretch out and return to the starting majors. Kansas City got poor results from both Chris Bobick And Carlos Hernandezwhich could open the door for Singer or some other young arm of the organization to get a job initially.
The Optioning Singer has repercussions beyond the immediate right-hand man role or even beyond the team’s current rotation mix. Since Singer broke up with the royal family in 2020 and was on the roster all last season, he’s entered the year exactly two years from when he served MLB. He would need to spend 172 days on the roster in 2022 to reach three years of service and stay on track for free agent after the 2025 season. If Singer spends more than two weeks on the minors, that will put the free agent’s eligibility back into the 2026-27 season. It’s possible that he still qualifies to referee as a Super Two player – except for a particularly long stint in Omaha – but the amount of time he spends in the Palace nonetheless deserves to be closely monitored.
For Mondesi, the knee injury is the latest in a long line of ailments that have kept the talented but increasingly vulnerable player out of the squad. Mondesi has missed some time over the past few seasons due to oblique, hamstring and thigh injuries, most notably shoulder injuries. The shoulder problem proved particularly costly, as Mondesi twice suffered a subluxation before undergoing surgery that came with a six-month recovery timetable.
Mondesi played 59 out of 60 matches in 2020, but overall from 2019-21, he appeared in only 196 out of 384 potential matches (51%). There’s no clear timetable for when Mondesi might join the royal family, but the mention of structural damage foreshadows a potentially big time away from the lineup.
Meanwhile, the royals are delving into mid-field options. Bobby Wait The son plays the third base with Nikki Lopez In second base, but both experienced and more than capable short stops. Wait Merryfield He’s lined up on the field more often this season but could certainly return to second base, with Lopez slipping to shortstop. This setup could open the door for Isbel – an accomplished junior league hitter who has yet to establish himself in the major leagues – to take a bigger look on the field.
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