Royals president of baseball operations Dayton Moore announced Thursday that shortstop Adalberto Mondesi suffered a torn ACL in his left knee and was placed on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to April 27. .
The 26-year-old will return to Kansas City and be evaluated there before the next steps and time frame for his recovery are determined.
The club promoted outfielder Kyle Isbel and Puerto Rican infielder Emmanuel Rivera from Triple-A Omaha and sent right-hander Brady Singer to Triple-A.
When the Dominican returned to first during Tuesday’s game, in an attempt to surprise him in the sixth inning against the White Sox, he felt something strange in his left knee, significant enough that he walked directly off the field to be examined.
In 50 at-bats so far this year, Mondesi is hitting .140/.204/.140 with three runs scored.
Mondesi missed 35 games last year with a pair of oblique and hamstring injuries.
