{"id":261783,"date":"2025-11-04T10:48:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/261783\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T10:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:48:19","slug":"alec-marsh-undergoes-labrum-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/261783\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Marsh Undergoes Labrum Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Royals starter Alec Marsh<\/a> underwent labrum surgery, reports Anne Rogers of MLB.com<\/a>. The right-hander did not pitch at all this season because of recurring shoulder issues. He\u2019s going to miss most or all of the 2026 season as well. Rogers suggests it could be a yearlong rehab process.<\/p>\n

A second-round pick in 2019, Marsh debuted as a swingman four years later. He held a rotation spot for most of the \u201924 season, tossing 129 innings over 26 appearances. The Arizona State product put up a 4.53 ERA with slightly better than average strikeout and walk rates. He averaged 94 MPH on a four-seam fastball that headlined a six-pitch mix. Marsh looked like a fine fifth starter and would have battled for a spot at the back of Matt Quatraro\u2019s rotation had he been healthy.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old is now in line for a second straight mostly lost season. There\u2019ll be uncertainty about how well he\u2019ll bounce back until the team finally sees him on the mound. Marsh spent this past season on the 60-day injured list. Kansas City reinstated him \u2014 along with James McArthur<\/a> and Kris Bubic<\/a> \u2014 this afternoon. Their roster count sits at 38.<\/p>\n

Marsh has a little over two years of major league service. He will not qualify for arbitration until the end of next season and wouldn\u2019t have the body of work to rack up significant earnings, at least in year one. If the Royals keep him on the roster all winter, they can place him back on the 60-day IL at the beginning of Spring Training.<\/p>\n

Kansas City will go into 2026 with\u00a0Cole Ragans<\/a>,\u00a0Michael Wacha<\/a> and Seth Lugo<\/a> locked into rotation spots. Bubic will be in there as well unless the Royals trade him for a hitter. Noah Cameron<\/a> projects as the fifth starter, while\u00a0Ryan Bergert<\/a>, Stephen Kolek<\/a> and Luinder Avila<\/a> are on the 40-man roster and have minor league options. Bailey Falter<\/a> and\u00a0Kyle Wright<\/a> hold 40-man spots for now, but there\u2019s a good chance the Royals non-tender them. It\u2019s a talented group but one that was hit hard by injuries late in the season, so it\u2019d make sense for K.C. to add an innings eater even if the offseason focus is on upgrading the outfield and second base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Royals starter Alec Marsh underwent labrum surgery, reports Anne Rogers of MLB.com. The right-hander did not pitch at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[153732,64,63,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-261783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-alec-marsh","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}