Royals catcher Carter Jensen scratched after sleeping through alarms: 'I felt like I let my teammates down'
The rookie forced his team to pivot before the game.
Royals catcher Carter Jensen scratched after sleeping through alarms: 'I felt like I let my teammates down' originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Kansas City Royals have high hopes for this season, and that involves highly-touted rookie catcher Carter Jensen.
But on Thursday, Jensen made a mistake that forced the team to scratch him from the lineup. "Carter had an oversight," manager Matt Quatraro said, via MLB. com .
"Overslept. Wasn't here on time, and we made the decision to scratch him from the lineup. " Jensen is splitting catching duties with Salvador Perez this season, as one will usually DH while the other spends the game behind the plate.
Therefore, Kansas City had to give Perez an unexpected start at catcher against the Minnesota Twins as the Royals went for the sweep. Minnesota won the game 5-1 to salvage the series, but the story after the game was Jensen's rookie mistake. Here's why the Royals said it was necessary to scratch Carter Jensen.