KANSAS CITY -- Battling right shoulder fatigue and not feeling right for the past couple of weeks, Royals reliever Lucas Erceg was placed on the 15-day injured list on Friday afternoon before the team's matchup with the Blue Jays at Kaufmann Stadium, ending his season with a little over a week to play on the regular-season schedule.

In a corresponding move, the Royals reinstated righty Steven Cruz from the injured list after spending the past six weeks recovering from a right shoulder injury. Cruz last pitched with Kansas City on Aug. 2 in Toronto. In four games on his rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha this month, Cruz allowed three hits across 4 1/3 scoreless innings.

Testing on Erceg’s shoulder revealed a mild impingement and was potentially something he could have pitched throu

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