7-Day IL
Injury Wrist
Est. Return 6/10/2025
2025 Stats
AVG
.000
HR
0
RBI
0
R
0
SB
0
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Mitchell was the eighth overall pick in the 2023 First-Year Player Draft and spent most of last year at the Single-A level, slashing .240/.375/.443 with 18 home runs, 50 RBI and 24 stolen bases before finishing the campaign with five games at High-A. Mitchell is a good athlete for a catcher and has above-average raw power. He looked like a three-true-outcomes slugger last season with a 30.4 percent strikeout rate and 17.0 percent walk rate. Read Past Outlooks
Hits snag in recovery
MItchell is experiencing lingering soreness in his surgically repaired right wrist and hasn't played in a rehab game in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League since May 13, MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Mitchell fractured the hamate bone in his right wrist in spring training and had surgery Feb. 26. He was cleared to begin a rehab assignment May 5, but he played in just four games before hitting a snag in the recovery process. The Royals haven't indicated when the 20-year-old catching prospect might be ready to resume his rehab assignment. Mitchell currently resides on High-A Quad Cities' injured list after finishing the 2024 season in the Midwest League.
Mitchell fractured the hamate bone in his right wrist in spring training and had surgery Feb. 26. He was cleared to begin a rehab assignment May 5, but he played in just four games before hitting a snag in the recovery process. The Royals haven't indicated when the 20-year-old catching prospect might be ready to resume his rehab assignment. Mitchell currently resides on High-A Quad Cities' injured list after finishing the 2024 season in the Midwest League.
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Minor League Left/Right Batting Splits (A+)
Since 2023
+142%
OPS vs LHP
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| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .533 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Since 2023vs Right | .220 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .077 |
| 2025vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024vs Left | .400 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| 2024vs Right | .154 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .077 |
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Playing at extended spring training
Mitchell (wrist) has started playing in extended spring training games in Arizona, MLB.com reports.
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Breaks bone in right wrist
Mitchell has a broken right hamate bone and will need 4-to-6 weeks to recover, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
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Finishes year at High-A
Mitchell was promoted from Single-A Columbia to High-A Quad Cities on Sept. 3.
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Drafted eighth overall
The Royals have selected Mitchell with the eighth overall pick in the 2023 First-Year Player Draft.
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