Royals’ Rookie Carter Jensen Not Allowed to Play After Sleeping Through Alarm
Jensen said he's going to "set a million alarms" going forward
Carter Jensen on Feb. 19, 2026 in Arizona Credit: Jeremy Chen/Getty NEED TO KNOW Kansas City Royals rookie Carter Jensen wasn't allowed to play in their 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Thursday, April 2 Jensen said he doesn't have an excuse for the mistake and told reporters he "felt like I let my teammates down, coaches down, and know it won't happen again" Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters he knows Jensen "feels terrible" and said the team will "move on" from the mishap Carter Jensen made a rookie mistake. The Kansas City Royals rookie, 22, was taken out of the lineup of in their game against the Minnesota Twins on Thursday, April 2 because he overslept and missed his time to prepare for the day game.
“Carter had an oversight," Royals manager Matt Quatraro told MLB. com , and said the rookie "overslept. " "Wasn’t here on time, and we made the decision to scratch him from the lineup," Quatraro explained, noting that Jensen is "a stand-up guy, a really hard worker, a great kid.
" Quatraro added that Jensen "feels terrible" about the mishap. "He's accountable to it. It's not something that has been a pattern or any of that kind of stuff.
Nobody feels worse than he does, and I think he'll admit to that, and we'll move on," the manager said. Carter Jensen on March 30, 2026 in Kansas City Credit: Jamie Squire/Gett Jensen owned up to the mistake while speaking with reporters at his locker, as seen in a video shared by NBC reporter McKenzie Nelson. “No running from it.