SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The first bit of advice left-hander Brian Flynn got from his Royals teammates when he arrived here last week was this: Dude, hire someone to do home repairs.
Flynn, who was going to compete for a bullpen job, went on the 60-day disabled list Wednesday after sustaining a broken rib and three non-displaced fractures in his vertebrae following an accident at his home in McAlester, Okla.
Flynn, 26, was finishing up some repairs to a barn on his property last week when he fell through the roof.
"I was on the roof, fixing some stuff, replacing some panels," Flynn said.