With a possible playoff berth in sight, the Kansas Metropolis Royals made a number of strikes Saturday within the wake of Vinnie Pasquantino’s damage, including outfielders Tommy Pham and Robbie Grossman off waivers and buying Yuli Gurriel in a commerce.
Each Pham and Grossman participated in final yr’s World Collection, with Pham on the Arizona Diamondbacks and Grossman on the champion Texas Rangers.
Gurriel, in the meantime, was acquired from the Atlanta Braves on a minor league deal for money concerns.
Pasquantino broke his thumb earlier this week and is ready to overlook six to eight weeks.
Pham, 36, was designated for project by the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday. He batted .206 with two homers and 12 RBIs in 23 video games for St. Louis after being acquired from the Chicago White Sox on the commerce deadline. He hit .266 with 5 homers and 19 RBIs in 70 video games with the White Sox.
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Pham was in his second tour of responsibility with St. Louis. He was with the Cardinals from 2014 to ’18 and smacked a career-best 23 homers in 2017.
Pham is a .258 profession hitter with 137 homers, 462 RBIs and 125 steals in 1,098 profession video games over 11 seasons. He additionally has performed for the Tampa Bay Rays (2018-19), San Diego Padres (2020-21), Cincinnati Reds (2022), Boston Crimson Sox (2022) and New York Mets (2023).
Grossman, 34, was positioned on waivers by the Rangers on Thursday after which began for Texas on Friday since he had but to be claimed. He went 1-for-3 in a 9-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics.
For his 12-year profession, Grossman is hitting .243 with 93 homers and 429 RBIs in 1,197 video games with the Houston Astros (2013-15), Minnesota Twins (2016-18), Athletics (2019-20), Detroit Tigers (2021-22), Atlanta Braves (2022), Rangers (2023, ’24) and White Sox.
Grossman appeared in seven postseason video games for the Rangers after they received the World Collection in 2023.
Gurriel had been on a minor league cope with the Braves and had but to play within the huge leagues this season, which is why he was eligible to be traded after the deadline. The 40-year-old first baseman performed his first seven huge league seasons with the Astros, then spent final yr with the Marlins. He has 12 residence runs in 75 video games for Atlanta’s Triple-A crew this season.
To make room on the 40-man roster for Pham and Grossman, the Royals designated for project two gamers: catcher Austin Nola and third baseman CJ Alexander. Nola, 34, was at Triple-A Omaha, whereas Alexander, 28, had one hit in eight at-bats for Kansas Metropolis this season.
Info from Discipline Stage Media was used on this report.