In a little bit of a surprise move, the Kansas City Royals traded left-handed reducer Tim Hill to the San Diego Padres for right-handed pitcher Ronald Bolaños and outfielder Franchy Cordero on Thursday night.
In return for the highly efficient situational lefty, the Royals receive a more youthful bullpen arm in Ronald Bolaños. Bolaños, 23, made his launching with the Padres in 2019, pitching 19.2 innings and starting 3 out of his five video games. Historically a beginning pitcher, Bolaños is likely to be moved to the bullpen full-time in Kansas City.
The Royals likewise received Francy Cordero, 25. The toolsy outfielder invested the majority of the last 2 years on the hurt list, however has 273 MLB plate looks given that his launching in 2017 with a triple slash of.240/.306/.431. Cordero has some quite huge strikeout problems, but those issues are accompanied with some severe power.
With the existing bullpen looking confined, the Royals seem to have actually made a choice to cash in on a trade chip they had who might have otherwise prevented other more youthful skill from being on the lineup. At the very same time, theyve gotten a 23-year-old pitcher and a 25-year-old outfielder with raw talent if not always the production to support it. Bolaños seems unlikely to make the MLB lineup this year, however Cordero remains in play to make one of the backup outfield spots.
New Royal Franchy Cordero
– Spent most of 18/ 19 injured-Slashed.326/.369/.603 w/ 15 HR, 17 SB in 2017 (AAA)- Top 10% of MLB in both EV and Sprint Speed, leading 2% in max EV-Hit the 2nd longest HR of the 2018 season (489 feet, 116.9 MPH) pic.twitter.com/RBhATKtmfY— Patrick Brennan (@paintingcorner) July 17, 2020
After being prepared by the Royals 963rd overall in the 2014 MLB Draft, Tim Hill made his MLB debut in 2018. The left-handed reducer and cancer survivor was quietly one of Kansas Citys finest bullpen arms over the last two seasons, where he pitched in 116 video games and tossed 85.1 innings with a 4.11 ERA and a 22.6% strikeout rate. Hill, 30, was death to lefties as a Royal, who just struck.211/.276/.248 off of him.
