On Saturday, Royals manager Matt Quatraro announced that Mitchell suffered a hamate bone fracture in his right hand. Mitchell, the club’s No. 2 prospect, is expected to miss 4-6 weeks with the injury. “I don’t think it was an acute thing,” Quatraro said. “I don’t have all the details on that. I think it was something that happened over time.”

Blake Mitchell is in big league camp for the first time, but the former first-round pick will be out of action for awhile. MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers reports the catcher will miss 4-6 weeks with a broken right hamate bone.

An 11-year-old Ben Kudrna was among the sold-out crowd on hand at Kauffman Stadium to witness Salvador Perez’s 12th-inning walkoff hit in that year’s American League Wild Card Game, securing a Kansas City victory over Oakland. Fast forward 11 years, and Kudrna is now pitching to Salvy at Spring Training in Surprise, Arizona.

Spring has sprung and baseball is being played by MLB professionals once again. Today’s Royals matchup will be against the Dodgers. Today’s game will not be broadcast on television but can be listened to for free on 96.