Kansas City Royals place Brady Singer on IL, rookie set to make first start Thursday
Kansas City Royals pitcher Brady Singer went on the injured list on Wednesday, ending his season after he came out of Tuesday night’s game with an arm injury.
Prior to Wednesday night’s game, the Royals recalled right-handed reliever Tyler Zuber to fill Singer’s roster spot. Zuber has been recalled to the majors for the fifth time this season.
Royals manager Mike Matheny announced that left-hander Angel Zerpa will start Thursday’s series finale against the Cleveland Indians. The Royals previously had not listed a starter for that game.
Zerpa, a 22-year-old left-handed native of Venezuela, will make his major-league debut. He is already on the Royals’ 40-man roster.
This season while in the minors, Zerpa went 4-4 with a 4.58 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and a .250 batting average against in 22 starts.
MLBPipeline.com ranked Zerpa the 19th-best prospect in the Royals farm system, while Baseball America ranked him the 20th-best Royals prospect.
The Royals will have to make a roster move on Thursday to make room for Zerpa on the active roster.
This story was originally published September 29, 2021 at 8:35 PM.
