CLEVELAND -- The Royals had held out some hope that right-hander Nate Karns, on the disabled list with elbow inflammation, could have been activated by this weekend. That won't happen.
"He's getting closer," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "He threw on the side today. We'd like to get that fluid out soon, just get him going. We need to get him going."
Yost said he wasn't sure if the cold conditions on the road trip were holding Karns back from his progression.
"Hard to say but you just have to deal with it," Yost said.