Luis Robert News: Good to go Friday

Robert (head) is starting in center field and batting seventh Friday against the Royals.

The 27-year-old sat out Tuesday and Wednesday in order to receive a mental break and was unavailable Thursday after being struck in the head by a ball in the batting cage, but he's ready for Friday's series opener versus Kansas City. Robert is batting .163 (14-for-86) with a 32.6 percent strikeout rate over his past 25 games and has a .552 OPS for the season, though he's tied for second in MLB with 21 stolen bases.