The Royals announced today that they have recalled outfielder Reymond Fuentes and pitcher Peter Moylan from AAA Omaha.

To make room for the roster additions, outfielder Brett Eibner has been placed on the 15-day disabled list following his injury in yesterday's game. Dillon Gee has also been optioned to AAA Omaha.

Eibner was injured after coming up lame attempting to play a ball in the 5th inning of Tuesdays game against the Rays. He was carted off of the field and was slated to undergo an MRI Wednesday. Initially, the injury has been called an ankle sprain. UPDATE: NO ligament damage! Will be re-evaluated in 5 days, could be back in as little as 2 weeks.

Eibner had been having a fantastic week since replacing the injured Alex Gordon, batting .462/.500/.692 in limited action. Half of his 6 hits had gone for extra bases and he had several clutch plays in the Royals come from behind victories over the White Sox.

Dillon Gee has struggled since being inserted into the Royals starting rotation following Chris Young and Kris Medlen both being placed on the disabled list. In 4 starts, he has compiled a 6.05 ERA and struck out 23 in 19 innings. He began the year in the Royal's bullpen and had a 2.61 ERA in that role. UPDATE: Rustin Dodd did also say Yost expects Gee to return in 10 days (minimum time allowed by option rules).

Reymond Fuentes was one of the surprise players to make the cuts following spring training, but was injured early on in the season. The outfielder has hit .302/.384/.333 so far in 17 games for AAA Omaha.

Peter Moylan has appeared in 6 games for the Royals so far this year and has a 2.45 ERA and has 7 strikeouts in his 7.1 innings at the big league level.

With the demotion of Dillon Gee, Chris Young will move back into the starting rotation and has been slated to start Sunday in place of Gee. Young struggled early on in the season, compiling a 6.68 ERA before hitting the DL. He will look to come back 100% and return to his 2015 form, when he threw 123 innings of 3.06 ERA ball.

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