The upstart Kansas Metropolis Royals have made a transfer to assist their bullpen. The Royals acquired right-hander Hunter Harvey from the Washington Nationals for third base prospect Cayden Wallace and a aggressive steadiness draft choose (No. 39), the crew introduced.
Kansas Metropolis entered Saturday ranked twenty second in bullpen ERA and twenty ninth in bullpen strikeout charge. The Royals badly have to get extra swing-and-miss of their aid crew and Harvey, 29, has struck out a well-above-average 26.3% of the batters he is confronted this season. He’ll leap proper into their late-innings combine, and presumably even shut.
With Harvey now within the bullpen, Royals supervisor Matt Quatraro might line up his aid crew like so:
Harvey owns a 4.20 ERA in 45 innings this season, although he posted a 2.70 ERA with a stellar 28.6% strikeout charge with the Nationals from 2022-23. The Royals will have the ability to retain him in 2025 as an arbitration-eligible participant, so he’s not a rental. We didn’t rank Harvey among the many prime 30 commerce candidates main as much as the July 30 deadline.
Wallace, 22, was Kansas Metropolis’s second spherical choose within the 2022 draft. He is hit .282/.350/.427 with three residence runs in 34 Double-A video games this season. MLB Pipeline ranked Wallace because the No. 2 prospect within the Royals’ system previous to the commerce, and word that he “might be (a) power-hitting on a regular basis third baseman” long-term.
Aggressive steadiness draft picks are further picks given to small market groups. They’re the one draft picks that may be traded. Washington now owns three of the highest 44 and 4 of the highest 79 picks this 12 months. The 2024 draft begins Sunday.
Saturday’s loss to the Boston Crimson Sox (BOS 5, KC 0) dropped the Royals to 52-44 on the season. They’re one recreation behind Boston for the third AL wild-card spot.
The Nationals erased a 5-0 deficit to choose up a win Saturday (WAS 6, MIL 5). They’re 44-52 and 6 video games out of a wild-card spot.
