Royals Select Mizerock

John Mizerock will not worry or wonder whether he’ll be Kansas City’s manager of the future.

When the 41-year-old became the youngest manager--albeit with an interim tag--in the majors Tuesday, he chose just to enjoy the moment.

“I’m a kid in a candy store now, however long it is, it’s going to be great,” Mizerock said. “I’m perfectly fine with the interim being in front of my name. I don’t deserve anything other than that.”

Mizerock was promoted from bullpen coach to interim manager by the Royals, whose firing of Tony Muser raised the majors’ total to a record four in the season’s first month.

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Ellis Burks, who leads Cleveland with a .337 batting average, has a strained right hamstring and could sit out the next five games. Burks was injured Sunday at Texas.... Minnesota shortstop Cristian Guzman has mild inflammation below his left kneecap, but the Twins didn’t immediately know how many games Guzman would sit out.