Royals' Brewer Hicklen: Sidelined with elbow injury

Hicklen will miss eight weeks with a right elbow strain, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.

The outfield prospect isn't on the 40-man roster and was unlikely to make the team anyway, but he'll now get a late start at Triple-A Omaha. Hicklen posted an .850 OPS with 28 homers and 35 steals for Omaha last season, although that also came with 202 strikeouts.