Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Smacks two homers in win
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Pasquantino went 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Guardians.
Pasquantino twice gave the Royals a lead, going deep in the fifth and eighth innings. While injuries and lackluster performances defined parts of the season for Pasquantino, he finished strong with eight homers over 23 games in September. The first baseman hit .249 with a .761 OPS, 17 homers, 63 RBI, 54 runs scored, 20 doubles, two triples and five stolen bases over 114 contests in 2026.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Blasts grand slam in loss
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Pasquantino went 3-for-5 with a grand slam, an RBI double and three runs during Tuesday's 14-11 loss to the White Sox.
Pasquantino launched his fourth homer in his last six games Tuesday. The 28-year-old hit a grand slam off Luis Castillo in the ninth inning to cut the lead to just three runs. Pasquantino is slashing .249/.333/.418 with 15 homers, 59 RBI and 19 doubles in 460 plate appearances this season.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Resting Sunday
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Pasquantino is absent from the lineup for Sunday's matchup against the Pirates.
Despite recording back-to-back multi-hit games, Pasquantino will take a breather for Sunday's series finale against Pittsburgh. Salvador Perez will start at first base and bat cleanup for the Royals.
Pasquantino is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game in Houston.
After going 1-for-7 with a home run in the first two games of the series, Pasquantino will get a breather in the series finale. Salvador Perez will slot in at first base for the Royals in the rubber match.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Blasts homer in loss
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Pasquantino went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and two strikeouts during a 4-2 loss to the Astros on Tuesday.
Pasquantino belted his third homer over his last 10 games Tuesday. The 28-year-old took Hunter Brown deep in the sixth inning to cut the lead to two. This year, Pasquantino has slashed .240/.327/.391 with 12 homers and 49 RBI over 441 plate appearances. Pasquantino was pinch-hit for by Salvador Perez in the ninth inning.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Day off vs. southpaw
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Pasquantino is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.
The first baseman will receive Sunday off after a run of 12 straight starts, during which he posted a .191/.264/.383 slash line with three doubles, two homers and seven RBI. Salvador Perez will take over at first base while Jac Caglianone (elbow) returns from a six-game absence as the designated hitter against Boston lefty Payton Tolle.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Homers in loss
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Pasquantino went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 9-2 loss to the Blue Jays.
Pasquantino hit a solo shot off Michael Lorenzen in the ninth inning. The first baseman has now homered four times in 16 games since returning from the injured list Aug. 17, and he owns an impressive .876 OPS in 25 contests since the All-Star break. For the year, he's slashing .241/.328/.382 with 10 long balls, 43 RBI, 42 runs scored and five steals across 405 plate appearances.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Homers in three-RBI effort
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Pasquantino went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and a walk in Thursday's 13-2 win over Toronto.
Pasquantino got in on the offensive onslaught, crushing a two-run homer in the sixth inning before adding an RBI single in the eighth frame. Thursday marked the 28-year-old's first three-RBI effort of the season, and he's raked to the tune of a .342/.432/.684 slash line with three homers, eight RBI, seven runs and a stolen base in 10 games since returning from right wrist soreness. Overall, Pasquantino is slashing .245/.332/.384 with nine homers, 41 RBI, 41 runs and five stolen bases over 89 contests.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Belts homer in Friday's win
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Pasquantino went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double and an additional run scored in Friday's 5-2 win over the Tigers.
Pasquantino crushed a center-cut cutter from Troy Melton, blasting it 420 feet over the right-field wall for a solo homer in the sixth inning. The first baseman has been hot since returning from right wrist soreness Monday, going 9-for-19 (.474) with two homers, three doubles, four RBI and five runs across five games. Overall, Pasquantino is slashing .247/.331/.381 with eight homers, 37 RBI, 39 runs and four stolen bases in 84 contests.
Pasquantino (wrist) went 1-for-5 at the plate Wednesday in his first rehab game with Triple-A Omaha.
After Omaha's game was rained out Tuedsday, Pasquantino began his rehab assignment a day later and played the full game at first base as he works his way back from right wrist soreness. Per MLB.com, the Royals hope to have the 28-year-old play in five games this week, which would put him on track to return from the 10-day injured list as soon as Monday. Pasquantino is slashing .232/.318/.345 with six home runs, four stolen bases, 33 RBI and 34 runs across 336 plate appearances this season.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Could begin rehab stint Tuesday
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Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Pasquantino (wrist) may begin a minor-league rehab assignment Tuesday, Jaylon T. Thompson of The Kansas City Star reports.
Pasquantino landed on the IL due to right wrist soreness July 29. The first baseman underwent surgery in mid-June to remove a fractured hamate bone, and the soreness was presumably related to that procedure. However, Pasquantino appears to be doing better with some time off, and if he does indeed begin a rehab stint Tuesday, he could be back with Kansas City shortly thereafter.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Back on IL with sore wrist
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The Royals placed Pasquantino on the 10-day injured list Wednesday due to right wrist soreness.
Pasquantino will head to the IL for the second time this season due to an injury related to his right hand, as he previously underwent surgery June 14 to remove a fractured hamate bone. The 28-year-old doesn't appear to be dealing with as serious of an injury this time around, but he'll be unavailable until at least Aug. 8 while he waits for his wrist to heal. Salvador Perez and Jac Caglianone will likely serve as the main replacements at first base for Pasquantino in the short term, and Nick Loftin could become an option at the position when third baseman Maikel Garcia (hand) completes his rehab assignment and returns from the 10-day IL.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Battling hand soreness
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Pasquantino was removed from Tuesday's game against the Twins with right hand soreness.
Pasquantino's hand forced him out of Tuesday's contest in the ninth inning after he'd gone 0-for-3 with a strikeout. If his injury causes him to sit out additional games, Jac Caglianone would likely take over as Kansas City's first baseman while Tyler Tolbert mans right field.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Back in action Saturday
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Pasquantino (hand) will start at first base and bat fifth Saturday against the Orioles.
Pasquantino was activated from the injured list Friday after spending nearly a month on the shelf with a hamate fracture, but Saturday will mark his return to the starting nine. The 28-year-old was slashing .298/.365/.426 across his last 12 games before getting injured, and he went 4-for-11 with three walks, an RBI and a run during his three-game rehab assignment at Triple-A Omaha.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Not in lineup Friday
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Pasquantino (hand) is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Orioles.
Despite being activated from the 10-day injured list earlier in the day, Pasquantino will not be in the starting nine against Baltimore for Friday's series opener. Instead, Salvador Perez will man first base and bat sixth with Nick Loftin hitting eighth and handling DH duties.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Could return Friday
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Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Thursday that Pasquantino (hand) could return from the 10-day injured list ahead of Friday's series opener versus the Orioles, Jaylon T. Thompson of The Kansas City Star reports.
Pasquantino has been shelved since June 14 after suffering a right hamate fracture, but he's made quick progress in his recovery from surgery and started a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha earlier this week. He's gone 2-for-6 with one RBI and three walks in two games with Omaha, and Pasquantino looks as though he'll have a chance to rejoin Kansas City's lineup for the team's final series before the All-Star break.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Eyeing rehab assignment before ASB
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Pasquantino (hand) will continue his rehab in Arizona to begin July with the hope of embarking on a rehab assignment before the All-Star break, MLB.com reports.
Pasquantino hit the injured list June 14 and underwent surgery to remove a fractured hamate bone in his right hand, with an initial recovery timeline of 4-to-6 weeks. Based on that timetable and recent indications, the first baseman isn't expected to rejoin the Royals before the All-Star break, though a minor-league rehab assignment before the break seems to be the tentative plan. Pasquantino is hitting .224/.309/.350 with six homers, 32 RBI, 28 runs and three stolen bases across 68 games this season.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Likely out until All-Star break
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Royals manager Matt Quatraro said that Pasquantino underwent surgery Sunday to remove a fractured hamate bone in his right hand and will face a recovery timeline of roughly 4-to-6 weeks, Joel Goldberg of Bally Sports Kansas City reports.
The projected timeline is a fairly standard one for hamate surgeries and likely ensures that Pasquantino will be out through the All-Star break. Jac Caglianone is slated to start at first base in Sunday's game against the Astros and should see the bulk of the playing time at the position for the duration of Pasquantino's stint on the 10-day injured list.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Idle against southpaw
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Pasquantino is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.
After starting and going 0-for-3 with a walk in Tuesday's 7-1 loss while southpaw Ranger Suarez took the bump for Boston, the left-handed-hitting Pasquantino will move to the bench for the series finale. Salvador Perez will fill in for Pasquantino at first base as the Red Sox send another southpaw (Connelly Early) to the bump.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Back in lineup Friday
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Pasquantino (back) is starting at first base and batting third against the Mariners on Friday.
Pasquantino was out of the lineup for each of the Royals' last two games due to lower-back tightness. He was cleared to pinch hit in Thursday's loss to the Athletics, and he has progressed enough in his recovery to return to the lineup for Friday's series opener. Pasquantino is slashing .165/.274/.320 with three home runs and 14 RBI across 124 plate appearances this season.
