Royals minor-leaguer Bubba Starling is injured, again.
After spending the last two months recovering from and rehabbing an oblique strain, Starling dislocated his left index finger in an off-field incident, the Royals announced on Thursday. He will be sidelined for at least six weeks, putting his potential return at the end of August. By then, the Class AAA Omaha Storm Chasers will be playing their final regular-season series of a schedule that concludes Sept. 3 in New Orleans.
Starling, the Gardner, Kan., native and the Royals’ top pick of the 2011 draft, played 11 games for Omaha from April 27-May 10 before landing on the disabled list May 14 because of his fourth oblique injury since the middle of last season.