The Royals’ scuffling offense should receive a jolt soon.
Catcher Salvador Perez, who started a minor-league rehab assignment on April 15, is nearing his return to the Royals lineup. He could make his season debut at Kauffman Stadium this week, when the Royals return for a six-game homestand that begins against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday.
“It could be any day and it could very well be the next series,” manager Ned Yost said. “But we just gotta wait and see how things go.”
Perez hasn’t seemed to miss a beat recovering from a Grade 2 tear of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee, an injury he sustained while carrying luggage into his home two nights before the start of the season.