Edward Olivares Stats

The Kansas City Royals placed outfielder Edward Olivares (quad) on the 10-day injured list on Monday. The 26-year-old is dealing with a right quad strain. Catcher Sebastian Rivero was recalled by the Royals in a corresponding move. The injury comes at an unfortunate time for Olivares, who had been seeing a lot of time at the leadoff spot for the team and performing well. He extended his hitting streak to seven games with a 1-for-2 effort on Sunday. It's unclear how severe the injury is at this point. Michael A. Taylor stands to see increased playing time with Olivares out and Bobby Witt Jr. is likely to prevail as the team's primary leadoff hitter for now.

19 days ago

Kansas City Royals outfielder Edward Olivares is serving as the designated hitter and is batting leadoff again on Friday against Baltimore Orioles right-hander Jordan Lyles. With Whit Merrifield moving to second base, Olivares has been starting regularly in right field, and this will be his fourth straight game in the leadoff spot for KC. Olivares has gone 7-for-14 with three doubles, one RBI and one run scored in that spot in the last four games, and he's now hitting a strong .364/.417/.485 with no home runs, two RBI, two stolen bases and 12 runs scored in his first 36 plate appearances of the season. As long as the 26-year-old continues to play every day, he'll be worth rostering in deep mixed leagues as outfield depth.

22 days ago

Kansas City Royals outfielder Edward Olivares went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in the team's 9-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. The home run was his third of the year and his second over his last three games. Olivares has fluctuated between Triple-A and the majors a few times this year, but he should be up with the Royals for good now that Jorge Soler has found a new home. He's off to a hot start to August, going 4-for-11 with the aforementioned two home runs as well as a stolen base through three games. He's worth keeping an eye on, but as long as he remains buried in the Royals lineup, there's no need to add him in any fantasy league.

over 9 months ago