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MLB The Show podcast Charlie O: Royals Ragans out for elbow surgery on 15 day IL; Cubs pitching inuries piling up Milner on 15 day IL with appendicitis surgery; plus more news

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Kansas City Royals pitcher Cole Ragans had surgery to repair an injured elbow and was placed on the 15 day IL. Ragans last pitched May 8, 2026 agianst the Cleveland Guardians but had to leave in the third inning due to the elbow injury. (AP News photo)

MLB The Show podcast Charlie O:

#1 Kansas City Royals left hand pitcher Cole Ragans had surgery to repair his injured elbow. The surgery was on Saturday. Ragans was placed on the 15 day IL with an left elbow impingement on May 8. Ragans pitched three innings but had to leave the May 6 game against the Cleveland Guardians.

#2 Pitching injuries are piling up for the Chciago Cubs as left hander Hoby Milner suffered major stomach pain in the middle of the night Saturday morning according to Cubs manager Craig Counsell and had to be ubered to the hospital for appendicitis surgery. Milner was placed on the 15 day IL and replaced by right hand pitcher Tyler Ferguson who was called up from Triple A Iowa.

#3 Former Chciago White Sox Ron Kittle got married to his girlfirend Barbara at Guarantee Rate Field during a ten run third inning against the Kansas City Royals in an eventual 22-1 win. Kittle’s wedding was officiated by White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf in Reinsdorf suite. Former White Sox Harold Baines and his wife and Greg Walker and his wife were also there for the wedding. Also attending the wedding was former White Sox manager Tony LaRussa, and former players Richard Dotson and Greg Luzinski.

#4 The Los Angeles Angels who most likely will be playing in their 11th consecutive losing season ended up firing their general manager Perry Minasian Friday night before their game against the Sacramento A’s which they ended up losing at the Big A 9-3. Minasian was in the sixth year of his final year of his contract with the Halos. The Angels have announced that executive John Mozeliak who was the St Louis Cardinals former GM will be brought in to help search for a new general manager.

#5 Former San Francisco Giants and current Atlanta Braves outfielder Mike Yastrzemski was honored by the Giants during the game at Oracle Park in San Francisco with a scoreboard tribute showing his highlights during his Giants days. Yastrzemski was traded last season to the Kanas City Royals from the Giants, at the same time with pitcher Tyler Rogers who went to the Toronto Blue Jays and pitcher Camilo Doval to the New York Yankees. Charlie did you find that trade at this time last season took the soul out of the Giants and they’ve never really recovered since?

Charlie O does the MLB The Show podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Royals Hand A’s Sixth Loss In a Row 6-2

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Oakland A’s Abraham Toro (31) slides but will be tagged out by Kansas City Royals second baseman Michael Massey (left) Toro got hung up on a pick off throw to first base and was out at second base by Massey in the top of the first inning at Kaufman Stadium in Kansas City on Fri May 17, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Oakland A’s (19-28) lost the first game of their series with the Kansas City Royals (27-19) 6-2. Nothing went right for the A’s in this game. They plowed through three pitchers in the sixth inning desperately trying to find answers.

The third pitcher Austin Adams in that rotation gave up a three run homer and that’s just about how things were going for the Oakland A’s Friday. The A’s did have a late game surge but it was too little too late. Shea Langeliers homered, a two-run shot with Abraham Toro scoring but that was all they got in the game.

Game recap: Mitch Spence got the start for the A’s with a 4.26 ERA. On the hill for the Royals; Cole Ragans got the nod with a 4.22 ERA.

The Royals got up on the scoreboard in the first inning taking an early 1-0 lead. Salvador Perez reached first base on an infield single driving Bobby Witt Jr home for the single run which persisted into the fifth inning.

Through five innings the A’s had only managed two hits while the Royals had five hits. Both pitchers were throwing a solid game keeping opposing batters guessing. As the fifth inning progressed T.J. McFarland was warming up in the bullpen and after 4 3/4 innings he relieved Spence. Spence finished with five hits, one run, one walk with four strikeouts.

Through five innings the score remained 1-0 in favor of Kansas City and this was still anybody’s game. This game went sideways for the A’s in the bottom of the sixth when Michael Massey homered, a two run shot and the Royals took a 3-0 lead.

Oakland went through three pitchers in the sixth inning T.J. McFarland went 0.1 followed by Austin Adams for another 0.1 and Brandon Bielak came in and gave up a three run homer for a 6-0 Royal lead and this game was turning into a disaster with three innings left in the game.

Kansas City threatened in the bottom of the seventh inning with runners at the corners but Bielak got out of the inning with no further damage. The top of the eighth inning was uneventful for Oakland with a JD Davis strikeout, a Max Scheumann flyout, a Tyler Nevin walk and a Bret Harris strikeout. Not much was going well for the Oakland A’s to start this series.

The A’s did make a little noise in the ninth inning in a late game surge when Shea Langeliers hit a home run with Abraham Toro but that was just too little too late. The final was 6-2.

Game notes: This weekend the A’s traveled to Kansas City for a three game series with the Royals that opened on Friday night. The A’s just finished off a four game series with the Houston Astros in which they were swept. Oakland is really facing numerous disturbing struggles right now that begins with their offense as well as what is going on with their starters and their bullpen. Unfortunately the success they had been having is a distant memory and they have not found any answers to turn it back into a positive direction.

The A’s will back at it Saturday in the second game of the series. First pitch is scheduled for 4:10 PM with Ross Stripling on the mound for Oakland with a 1-7 win/loss record and a 4.98 ERA and Seth Lugo with a 6-1 win loss record and a 1.66 ERA.