Gil Meche produced a thumbs-up Monday afternoon after a pregame throwing workout to test whether his &ldquo;dead arm&rdquo; can handle his scheduled start Wednesday against Minnesota.</p><p>Meche rested his arm for two days, saying that Monday&rsquo;s throwing session from flat ground would determine his availability to pitch the series finale against the Twins at Kauffman Stadium.</p><p>Royals manager Trey Hillman said the decision would mostly be Meche&rsquo;s. Turns out he feels good enough.</p><p>&ldquo;Gil is good to go,&rdquo; Hillman said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s going to pitch Wednesday.&rdquo;</p><p>Meche is 4-7 with a 4.27 ERA, and his next start was in doubt after displaying diminished velocity and complaining of &ldquo;not feeling good&rdquo; after lasting just five innings in Friday&rsquo;s loss at Pittsburgh.</p><p>That was Meche&rsquo;s second straight disappointing start after a 132-pitch shutout of Arizona on June 16. In his next start, he gave up a career-high nine earned runs in 3 1/3 innings against the Cardinals on June 21.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Guillen doesn&rsquo;t play</span></strong></p><p>Outfielder Jos&eacute; Guillen did not start Monday and may sit out again tonight. Hillman said Guillen has stiffness along his left side, and with no more open dates before the All-Star break, wants to be cautious.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s been doing a lot of work inside, trying to get balanced out,&rdquo; Hillman said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s been playing through it. I don&rsquo;t anticipate it being a long time.&rdquo;</p><p>Guillen, who is hitting .257 with eight homers and 33 RBIs, has started 60 games. He was on the disabled list early in the season for a hip injury and last sat out on June 14.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Gordon&rsquo;s rehab</span></strong></p><p>Third baseman Alex Gordon was scheduled to play four innings Monday in his third rehab game in Arizona. Gordon was two for five with a homer in his first two games.</p><p>Hillman said the reports he&rsquo;s hearing are that Gordon is not running well, which is expected at this point after surgery to repair a tear in his right hip labral. </p><p>Once Gordon is ready to return, the Royals have a plan in place to provide him with regular days off.</p><p>&ldquo;A-Rod&rsquo;s not 100 percent, and A-Rod&rsquo;s surgery was not as extensive as Alex&rsquo;s,&rdquo; Hillman said of the New York Yankees&rsquo; Alex Rodriguez. &ldquo;No, I don&rsquo;t expect him to be 100 percent. Anybody who does is kidding themselves and is crazy to think you can have a major impact surgery in the middle of the body and come out and do what these guys do and be 100 percent in this amount of time. It&rsquo;s just not possible.&rdquo;</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Etc.</span></strong></p><p>Kyle Davies (Class AAA), Jeff Bianchi (Class AAA), and Deivy Batista (Rookie League) each received player-of-the-week honors for their respective leagues last week.