Whit Merrifield and Andrew Benintendi among 10 unvaccinated Kansas City Royals members who are out for the Toronto Blue Jays series

Ten Kansas City Royals Players will not be able to travel to Toronto’s team’s series because they haven’t received the COVID-19 vaccine. This includes four of their top hitters as well as their two best starting pitchers.

Outfielders will be affected if the Canadian vaccine requirement is met for cross-border travel to Canada. Andrew BenintendiSuper Utilityman Whit MerrifieldCatcher MJ Melendez, first baseman/outfielder Hunter Dozier, right-hander Brad Keller, right-hander Brady Singer, centerfielder Michael A. Taylor, outfielder Kyle IsbelIt is a reliever Dylan Coleman Catcher and the catcher Cam Gallagher.

Unvaccinated players who don’t travel to Toronto for their games are put on the restricted roster. They forfeit all service time and salaries. Before Kansas City, four players were missing from a team’s trip to Toronto. In total, 25 players had been placed on the restricted list because they were unvaccinated.

Benintendi is the 2022 All-Star. After beating Detroit on Wednesday afternoon the Royals have a record of 35-53. They are exploring trading Benintendi, 28. He is currently batting.317, and will be eligible for free agency this winter.

Melendez, a rookie batted leadoff for Merrifield the last two days. Merrifield’s 553-game streak of iron man games ended due to a toe injury. Dozier has been the Royals’ cleanup batter on numerous occasions. Only vaccinated outfielder is on the Royals’ roster. Edward Olivares.

Kansas City will recruit reinforcements from the AAA and AAA rosters to help fill its roster. The series will begin Thursday.