Royals Acquire Brian Goodwin - 美國職棒

By Connor Byrne | July 22, 2018 at 11:03am CDT

The Royals have acquired outfielder Brian Goodwin from the Nationals for
minor league reliever Jacob Condra-Bogan, Washington announced. The Nats also
recalled reliever Sammy Solis to take Goodwin’s roster spot.

A National since they chose him in the first round (34th overall) of the 2011
draft, Goodwin never became a full-time player with the club. He debuted in
2016 with a short stint and amassed a career-high 278 plate appearances last
year, when he impressed with a .251/.313/.498 line (105 wRC+) with 13 home
runs, six steals and a stellar .247 ISO. Goodwin struggled in the outfield,
however, as he combined for minus-7 Defensive Runs Saved and a minus-4.6
Ultimate Zone Rating.

Playing time was harder to come by in D.C. this season for the 27-year-old
Goodwin, who was stuck behind fellow lefty-swinging outfielders Bryce Harper,
Juan Soto and Adam Eaton – not to mention the righty-hitting Michael A.
Taylor – in the team’s outfield pecking order. Each of Harper, Eaton and
Taylor missed time because of injuries in 2017, while Soto wasn’t even in
the majors – all of which opened the door for Goodwin.

With no clear path to action, Goodwin racked up just 79 PAs in his final
season with the Nationals and batted .200/.321/.354. Along the way, he showed
significantly less power (three HRs, .154 ISO) and raised his strikeout rate
from 24.8 percent last year to 32.9 percent. Goodwin did increase his walk
rate, which has climbed from 8.3 percent in 2017 to 12.7, but that wasn’t
enough to lift his offense to a respectable level.

Because Goodwin’s out of options and superfluous to the Nats’ roster, the
logical move was to deal him. The rebuilding Royals are apparently in
position to take a chance on Goodwin, who won’t be eligible for arbitration
until after next season and is controllable through 2022. Kansas City has
Alex Gordon and Jorge Bonifacio entrenched as corner outfield starters, but
Goodwin could perhaps supplant the struggling Rosell Herrera in center. They’
ll have to figure out how to deploy those players and right fielder Jorge
Soler when he returns from the left toe fracture he suffered in mid-June.


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