The Royals have placed outfielder Alex Gordon on the 10-day disabled list with a left hip labral tear, according to beat writer Maria Torres. They have recalled outfielder Abraham Almonte from Omaha to take his place.
A hip labral tear “involves the ring of cartilage (labrum) that follows the outside rim of the socket of your hip joint”, according to the Mayo Clinic. Gordon had surgery on his labrum back in 2009 that caused him to miss three months. Devin Mesoraco missed most of the 2015 season with a labrum injury in his hip that he never had surgery on, and Troy Tulowitzki missed the final six weeks of the 2014 season with a similar injury.