CHICAGO (AP) — Kansas City Royals left-hander Cole Ragans will undergo elbow surgery on Wednesday that will determine the degree of repair needed, manager Matt Quatraro said Saturday.
A 2024 All-Star, Ragans went on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow impingement on May 8. He left his May 6 start against the Cleveland Guardians after three innings and was diagnosed with valgus extension overload. He was placed on the 60-day injured list on June 17.
“They have read the MRI. They’re not going to be clear on the extent of it until they get in there and understand what they see,” Quatraro said.
Neal ElAttrache is scheduled to perform the surgery.
A three-time opening day starter for Kansas City and a 2016 first-round draft pick by Texas, Ragans (1-4, 4.84 ERA) missed most of last season due to left groin strain and rotator cuff strains.
He underwent Tommy John surgery twice when he was in the Rangers organization.
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FILE - Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Cole Ragans throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel,File)
CHICAGO (AP) — As the White Sox were slugging their way to a 22-1 victory over the Royals on Friday night, former player Ron Kittle was getting married in a ballpark suite with Chicago chairman Jerry Reinsdorf officiating.
Kittle tied the knot with his girlfriend, Barbara, in Reinsdorf’s suite during Chicago’s 10-run third inning. The White Sox went on to score their most runs since a 22-13 victory at Boston on May 31, 1970.
“He’s so superstitious he might marry somebody today in the bottom of the third,” Kittle, the 1983 AL Rookie of the Year, said Saturday about Reinsdorf.
Harold Baines and Greg Walker, Kittle’s teammates on the 1983 White Sox squad, and their spouses also attended the quick ceremony.
“My better half doesn’t want any notoriety, recognition. She wants to keep it to herself,” Kittle said. “But I invited Harold Baines and his wife and Greg Walker and his wife, and we did it and I was pretty excited. I think Jerry is excited. We’ve become a family over the years.”
The 1983 White Sox, who won the AL West, were honored before Saturday’s game between Chicago and Kansas City.
Kittle said he also is ordained and that he officiated a wedding in the outfield last season on Bill Veeck Day.
“Now I’m the only player to marry someone at the park and get married at the park," Kittle said. “And I’m good.”
Other members of the 1983 team who attended the pregame reunion at Rate Field were Hall of Famer Tony La Russa, who serves as a White Sox special adviser, Richard Dotson and Greg Luzinski.
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Former Chicago White Sox player Ron Kittle is honored with the 1983 White sox team before a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals Saturday, June 27, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)
