The Royals offered no details of how Perez was hit with the injury on Wednesday, but the six-time All-Star and four-time Golden Glover has already undergone an MRI scan.
The 28-year-old will travel to Los Angeles next week for more testing on his damaged ulnar collateral ligament with a specialist.
Kansas City are waiting to learn the length of Perez’s lay-off in a position where their roster does not have a great deal of depth.
MLB Network has reported that the Royals have made contact with free agent Martin Maldonado.
Perez has a career slash line of .266/.297/.442 and has averaged almost 18 home runs and 63 RBIs in an eight-year MLB career.
He has caught 35 per cent of attempted base-stealers, well above the league expected percentage, and has a career .995 fielding percentage.
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