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Cole Ragans To Go For Second Opinion On Injured Shoulder

By Anthony Franco | June 12, 2025 at 9:59pm CDT

It seems the Royals will be without Cole Ragans for a while. Manager Matt Quatraro tells Anne Rogers of MLB.com that the lefty will go for a second opinion on his ailing shoulder next week. Kansas City placed Ragans on the 15-day injured list with a rotator cuff strain yesterday. Quatraro indicated that the team does not expect the issue will require surgery but suggested that Ragans will be shut down from throwing for a decent amount of time.

It’s the second injured list stint of the season for the All-Star lefty. Ragans missed a few weeks between late May and early June with a groin strain. He returned for one start and was tagged for five runs in three innings against St. Louis on June 5. Ragans didn’t feel right during his between-starts routine, leading to the testing that revealed the rotator cuff strain. He’ll surely miss more time with this injury than he did for the groin.

The Royals will operate with a five-man starting staff comprising Seth Lugo, Kris Bubic, Michael Wacha, Michael Lorenzen and rookie Noah Cameron. It’s still a good group overall, but it’s obviously far better when Ragans is at full strength. He finished fourth in Cy Young balloting while recording 223 strikeouts over 32 starts a season ago. While he was on an even better strikeout pace this season, an unsustainably high .382 average on balls in play had led to an earned run average north of 5.00.

Kansas City will have a better idea of Ragans’ timetable next week. It’s hard to envision him returning before the All-Star Break. The front office is unlikely to pour many resources into the rotation even if Ragans is out into or beyond the end of July.

A top three of Lugo, Bubic and Wacha remains excellent. Cameron pitched well over his first five MLB starts before the Yankees knocked him around on Tuesday. Lorenzen has been up-and-down but is generally a serviceable fifth starter. Kyle Wright has made four rehab starts and might not be far away from his team debut; he could work in long relief or push Lorenzen or Cameron for the final rotation spot. Improving a punchless bottom half of the lineup figures to be the top priority if the Royals — who have dropped below .500 after being swept by the Yankees — remain close enough to contention to add.

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  1. DarkSide830

    1 month ago

    Yep, he’s out for the year.

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    • mlb fan

      1 month ago

      All they can hope for is that the first doctor was a complete idiot. It’s rarely good to hear “second opinion”.

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    • sad tormented neglected mariners fan

      1 month ago

      My guess is out till all star break

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  2. Old York

    1 month ago

    Pitched well this year. Too bad to hear this news.

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  3. cr4

    1 month ago

    Definitely explains the major down turn in performance hopefully this isn’t career altering he’s a phenomenal talent and a great watch

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  4. royalchiefjayhawk40

    1 month ago

    I’ll guess 4-6 weeks. Gets him ready after the All-Star break but shortly before trade deadline. That’s my guess.

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  5. Don Rizzo

    1 month ago

    Okay so he’s out for the season, got it.

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  6. RyanD44

    1 month ago

    You only go for a second opinion if you didn’t Ike the first.

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  7. Don Rizzo

    4 weeks ago

    I’ve never seen a pitcher go for a second opinion and not get Tommy John surgery.

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    • Jack Rizzo

      4 weeks ago

      Not even when Tommy John is an elbow surgery and it’s Ragans shoulder that’s injured?

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    • RoyalsFanAmongWolves

      4 weeks ago

      Tommy John is elbow and Ragans has already had Tommy John anyway

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  8. Don Rizzo

    4 weeks ago

    Well some sort of season ending surgery

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