Fri 8/5/11 4:44 PM

Royals optioned INF Yamaico Navarro to Triple-A Omaha. He was cleared to make room for Johnny Giavotella on the active roster. Navarro, who was recently acquired from the Red Sox in the Mike Aviles deal, is batting .250 with one homer and three doubles over 44 at-bats in the big leagues this season. We'll likely see him again when the rosters expand in September.