{"id":662025,"date":"2026-04-04T02:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662025\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T02:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:54:17","slug":"bailey-falter-placed-on-il-with-left-elbow-inflammation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662025\/","title":{"rendered":"Bailey Falter placed on IL with left elbow inflammation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kansas City Royals on Friday placed left-handed pitcher Bailey Falter on the 15-day injured list<\/a> with left elbow inflammation.<\/p>\n

Falter underwent an MRI and received an injection. Royals manager Matt Quatraro later revealed there isn\u2019t any structural damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, his elbow is barking a little bit,\u201d Quatraro said. \u201cHe\u2019s got inflammation and the term is VEO (Valgus Extension Overload), which to my understanding means it hurts when you extend your elbow. It\u2019s something you got to do every time you throw the ball. And, he\u2019s been battling with that. He had some of it last year and went on the IL as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quatraro hopes it will be a short injury stint for Falter. This season, the Royals have utilized Falter in a different role<\/a>. He has made two relief appearances \u2014 allowing five earned runs across 3 and 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

Falter felt some discomfort last weekend. On opening day, Falter tossed three innings against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park. He was able to undergo his regular arm care in-between relief outings.<\/p>\n

However, he felt a sharp pain near his elbow. He managed the discomfort in one-third of an inning against the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a spot on the back of the elbow,\u201d Falter said. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of bone-on-bone contact right now. So, we\u2019re basically lubing it up right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Falter admitted that he might\u2019ve aggravated the injury on the mound. The weather conditions weren\u2019t favorable in Wednesday\u2019s game<\/a> against the Twins.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I was trying to overcompensate because the landing spot wasn\u2019t the best,\u201d Falter said of his recent outing. \u201cBut, everyone had to pitch off (the muddy mound), right? So, it\u2019s not much of an excuse, but by the time I got out there, it was just strictly mud. I think I was just trying to overcompensate and threw my arm in a little bad position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Falter said there was some lingering pain on Wednesday. However, he felt fine after receiving the injection \u2014 which he likened to using WD-40 to lubricate a squeaky wheel.<\/p>\n

Quatraro added that Falter\u2019s injection will allow for better movement in his elbow.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was exactly what we thought it was, nothing else out of the ordinary,\u201d Falter said. \u201cSo we know exactly what we need to do for it, and we\u2019re starting that. We started it yesterday after the game, and we\u2019re going to continue it for the next couple of days and get back out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Falter has dealt with the nagging injury for two years. He can pitch through the injury but with a new role and early in the season, he decided to get the elbow right.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo to three days, it\u2019s not going to be long,\u201d Falter said of his recovery. \u201cThen, I\u2019m going to start throwing again here pretty soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Royals recalled right-hander Luinder Avila from Triple-A Omaha. He is slated to start the first game of Saturday\u2019s doubleheader against the Milwaukee Brewers at Kauffman Stadium. (Avila was to start Friday night\u2019s game, but that game was postponed due to inclement weather.) Avila will make the spot start Saturday as Michael Wacha is sidelined with an illness.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe pitched up here out of the (bullpen) last year and did a great job,\u201d Quatraro said of Avila. \u201cYou know, he didn\u2019t seem to skip a beat. So if he gained more experience this spring, that can only help him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jaylon Thompson covers the Royals for The Kansas City Star. He previously covered the 2021 World Series and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jaylon is a proud alumnus of the University of Georgia.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Royals on Friday placed left-handed pitcher Bailey Falter on the 15-day injured list with left…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2387],"tags":[5,936,2123,55,2596,2595,4,252],"class_list":{"0":"post-662025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-kansas","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-royals","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascityroyals","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}