The Royals announced that second baseman has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to August 30, with a sprained left wrist. Kansas City activated from his own IL stint in a corresponding move. They also finalized the promotions of catching prospect and reliever with the roster expansion. Its not clear how long the Royals expect India to be sidelined. Kansas City acquired him from the Reds for over the offseason. They wanted India to play a multi-positional role while serving as a high-OBP bat at the top of the lineup. He hasnt met either expectation. India struggled in an early-season utility capacity Mike Scott Jersey and has been exclusively at second base or designated hitter since the middle of May. He also hasnt hit much, leading manager Matt Quatraro to drop him from the leadoff spot to sixth or seventh in the batting order this month. India carries a .232/.324/.342 slash with eight home runs acro s 532 plate appearances. His plate discipline has been fine, but a career-low .274 average on balls in play hasnt done him any favors. Its trending to be the worst season of his five years in the big leagues. India isnt a great defender, so the below-average offense has left him around replacement level overall. Hes trending towards a non-tender for whatd be his final year of arbitration. Kansas City will have and cover second base while India is sidelined. The righty-swinging could also see some time there against left-handed pitching. Frazier has proven a nice deadline pickup, batting .307 in 33 games since the Royals acquired him from Pittsburgh. Ma sey and Loftin have had poor seasons. Ma sey has at least collected hits in five of six games since returning from an ankle sprain that cost him two months, so perhaps hell come closer to last years league average form in September. The Royals are off today. Theyll open a three-game series against the Angels tomorrow. Kansas City is three games back of Seattle for the final American League Wild Card spot. Theyve also dropped half a game behind the Rangers, who have won five straight to pull within 2.5 games of the Mariners. Allen Iverson Jersey