[新聞] Royals Sign Terrance Gore
By Jeff Todd | December 18, 2018 at 2:09pm CDT
The Royals announced today that they have inked a deal with outfielder
Terrance Gore. Meanwhile, utilityman Rosell Herrera was designated for
assignment to create roster space.
Gore has secured a one-year, MLB pact that comes with a split salary, per
MLB.com’s Jeffrey Flanagan (via Twitter). He will earn at a $350K rate in
the minors and a $650K rate in the big leagues.
The 27-year-old Gore is a five-year MLB veteran, but has taken just 19 plate
appearances at the game’s highest level. While he’s valued for his
blistering speed and instincts on the bases and in the field, Gore has a
track record of abysmal offensive numbers in the minors.
Given that profile, it’s a bit of a surprise to see the out-of-options Gore
occupying a 40-man roster spot for a Royals club that seems to have little
hope of near-term contention. That’s all the more true given that the club
already added speed demon Billy Hamilton, who is expected to command the bulk
of the playing time in center.
When the Royals inked Hamilton, they emphasized the need to cover ground at
hitter-friendly Kauffman Stadium, so perhaps there’s a niche for Gore as
well if the club decides to take things to an extreme position. (He’d be a
platoon match for the left-handed-hitting Hamilton, it’s worth noting.)
Certainly, the K.C. team knows him as well as anyone, having employed him
exclusively since 2011, excepting a late-2018 run with the Cubs. If Gore does
ultimately end up on the big league roster, he’ll pair with Hamilton, Whit
Merrifield and Adalberto Mondesi to give manager Ned Yost a fleet-footed
quartet that is unparalleled in terms of raw speed and baserunning ability.
As for Herrera, 26, he’s capable of lining up just about anywhere
defensively, but hasn’t generally shown much with the bat. He slashed
.234/.286/.317 in his first 302 MLB plate appearances last year. That said,
Herrera has at times exhibited promising plate discipline as well as speed
and even some power (16 home runs in 2013), so it’s still possible he’ll
put some things together and emerge as a worthwhile MLB performer.
DFA Herrera
簽回Gore
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