Outfielder Bubba Starling’s difficult 2018 season took another downturn last week when the Royals announced he had injured a finger after stumbling while getting out of bed.
Starling had been prepared to join Class AAA Omaha following an oblique injury that has limited him to just 15 games in the minor leagues this season.
An injury ended Starling’s 2017 season prematurely and he had struggled at the plate for most of his minor-league career since being chosen by the Royals with the fifth overall pick in the 2011 draft.
Starling, a multi-sport star at Gardner Edgerton High School, received a $7.