Royals Sign Chris Young - 美國職棒

By Charlie Wilmoth [March 7, 2015 at 11:35am CST]
The Royals have announced that they’ve signed pitcher Chris Young to a
one-year, big-league deal. Young will receive $675K in base salary, plus up
to $5.325MM in bonuses, Andy McCullough of the Kansas City Star tweets. Those
bonuses will be for roster days, innings pitched and starts, ESPN’s Jerry
Crasnick tweets. Young is represented by Lon Babby. To clear space for Young
on their 40-man roster, the Royals moved Kris Medlen to the 60-day disabled
list.

Young, 35, enjoyed a comeback season with the Mariners in 2014, posting a
3.65 ERA with 5.9 K/9 and 3.3 BB/9 in 165 innings after not appearing in the
big leagues in 2013. He has obvious weaknesses — he doesn’t throw hard,
doesn’t strike out many batters and allows tons of fly balls, suggesting he
won’t be able to sustain his relatively low ERA from last season. As Yahoo!
Sports’ Jeff Passan tweets, though, the Royals’ strong defensive outfield
should help Young. Also, he could benefit from Kauffman Stadium in Kansas
City, which has stifled home runs in recent seasons. He’s suffered from
injuries in recent years, but the Royals’ guaranteed commitment to him is
minimal, so they’re insulated from significant risk.

It’s unclear how Young will fit on the Royals’ roster. He’s surely most
useful as a starter, but he doesn’t appear likely to supplant anyone in the
Royals’ current rotation of Yordano Ventura, Danny Duffy, Jason Vargas,
Edinson Volquez and Jeremy Guthrie. He could, instead, find a home in the
Royals’ bullpen, perhaps working in long relief until or unless he’s needed
in the rotation.



跟去年對我們投很好的Chris Young簽下1年約

將Kris Medlen放進60天DL....

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