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Kansas City Royals<\/a> veteran catcher Salvador Perez was expecting to DH for his squad in Thursday\u2019s afternoon tilt against the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the 36-year-old, he had to get back behind the plate after rookie Carter Jensen was unavailable to play catcher for the Royals after sleeping through his alarm.<\/p>\n

Jensen was scratched late as the Royals\u2019 starting catcher for the game, but it\u2019s usually an illness or injury<\/a> that results in such a late change to the lineup. But when Jensen came in for the ninth inning, and was seen catching warmup pitches earlier in the game, reporters were curious.<\/p>\n

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Jensen, the Royals\u2019 top prospect, didn\u2019t make up an elaborate lie. He slept through his alarm and wasn\u2019t able to get to Kauffman Stadium in time to properly prepare for the game.<\/p>\n

“No running from it,” Jensen told reporters, via MLB.com<\/a>, after a 5-1 loss to the Twins. “Just didn\u2019t wake up to my alarm. Slept through it. Don\u2019t really have an excuse, nor should I. It sucks. Happens. I felt like I let my teammates down, coaches down. Just learn from it and know it won\u2019t happen again.”<\/p>\n

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Royals manager Matt Quatraro added: “He\u2019s a stand-up guy, a really hard worker, a great kid. He feels terrible. He\u2019s accountable to it. It\u2019s not something that has been a pattern or any of that kind of stuff. Nobody feels worse than he does, and I think he\u2019ll admit to that. And we\u2019ll move on.”<\/p>\n

While Quatraro took the high road when asked about Jensen, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino laid into the rookie in big-brother fashion.<\/p>\n

“You got a 36-year-old catcher preparing to DH today and then his world gets a little rocked an hour and a half before the game that he\u2019s not going to be DH-ing,” he told reporters. “Credit to Salvy today for being ready, first and foremost. We\u2019re glad Carter\u2019s OK, right? That was kind of the initial thought when you\u2019re trying to get a hold of his parents and everything like that. But once you find out he\u2019s OK, it\u2019s like, \u2018All right, it\u2019s a growing moment.\u2019<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s really young. There are some things that cannot happen, and that\u2019s one of them. He\u2019s going to have to wear it on the chin, same way anybody would have to. It can\u2019t happen.”<\/p>\n

Pasquantino added the team is “here for him,” but he also believes Jensen should likely invest in “another alarm clock or something.”<\/p>\n

Jensen is already ahead of his teammate.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s a lot to learn from it. Making sure if I don\u2019t set one alarm, maybe set three, four, as many as possible. Moving forward, that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do. Set a million alarms. Make sure I\u2019m up. It stinks, though.”<\/p>\n

Jensen is not just the Royals\u2019 top prospect, but the 6-foot, 210-pound catcher is ranked No. 16 overall by MLB<\/a> Pipeline in 2026.<\/p>\n

In his six games to start the 2026 season, Jensen has two hits in 16 at-bats, including one home run and two RBI.<\/p>\n

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