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Royals Claim Chris Volstad

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | October 26, 2012 at 3:20pm CDT

The Royals claimed Chris Volstad off of waivers from the Cubs, MLB.com's Carrie Muskat reports (on Twitter).

Volstad, 26, had been a non-tender candidate in Chicago following a season in which he posted a 6.31 ERA in 111 1/3 innings. The 6'8" right-hander provides Kansas City with some rotation depth. In the four seasons leading up to 2012, he posted a 4.59 ERA with 5.8 K/9 and 3.1 BB/9 as a member of the Marlins' rotation.

Volstad earned $2.7MM in 2012 as a first time eligible player and his salary can't be reduced by more than 20% if he's tendered a contract through the arbitration process. In fact MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projects a slight raise to $3MM for Volstad.

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  1. Ron Pitts

    13 years ago

    At his worst, he served up cookies.

    At his best, he didn’t have the stuff to put hitters away.

    Reply
  2. Manfrenjensen

    13 years ago

    He’s in line for a RAISE???

    Reply
    • matthew07

      13 years ago

      Gotta love arbitration.

      Reply
  3. User 4245925809

    13 years ago

    1 pitch.. a curveball and it has worked less and less since his rookie year.. His curve not work and he can’t spot anything else.. Throws up meatballs and it was kind of comical watching him last year.

    3m? Hardly. League minimum, or what a guy would make at minimum who has played 3-4 years? That’s about right and not guaranteed at that.

    KC grabbed him with the hopes of he would sign on the cheap, or they will waive him also. Can’t go but so far on a CB that works 70% of the time and nothing else.

    Reply
  4. odaboda

    13 years ago

    Don’t think depth is the right word, more like, abyss.

    Reply
    • Dock_Elvis

      13 years ago

      I love the term “depth” because it usually means interchangable badness. As if a team stacking ten 6.00 plus eras equals one good era.

      Reply
  5. Raymond Robert Koenig

    13 years ago

    Thank you, Kansas City!

    Reply
    • rockfordone

      13 years ago

      His agent must be drinking buddies with KC GM.

      Reply
      • rockfordone

        13 years ago

        Or better yet – It doesn’t say much for KC major league scouts

        Reply
  6. sourbob

    13 years ago

    Let’s see, Royals fans… what can Cubs fans tell you about Volstad that’s positive…

    How about if I quote Olive Oil?

    “He’s… large.”

    Reply
    • Daniel Wesley

      13 years ago

      Tall… good looking… and he’s large!

      … and he’s mine!

      Reply
  7. matthew07

    13 years ago

    So glad my Cubs let him get picked up. 3 mil for this guy is waaaaaay to much money, especially after paying most of Zambrano’s contract in the deal.

    Reply
  8. sourbob

    13 years ago

    The shame of it is, moving to KC effectively neutralizes the appeal of Volstad’s best trait: not being Carlos Zambrano. No matter how bad he was this year for the Cubs, I could always get some satisfaction by marveling in how awesome it was that he was NOT Carlos Zambrano.

    Reply
  9. Dalton Starkey

    13 years ago

    Something good finally happened for the Cubs in October!

    Reply
  10. bigpat

    13 years ago

    He and Hocheaver in a rotation together would be a lot of fun, especially when combinede with Bruce Chen and Luis Mendoza. Yikes.

    Reply
    • aemoreira81

      13 years ago

      It would be good—for batting practice during a game!

      Reply
  11. Michael Hon

    13 years ago

    What on earth are we (the Royals) thinking? Oh maybe they are trying to make Luke Hochevar a # 4 starter?

    Reply
  12. BradyAndersonsSideburns

    13 years ago

    but Jim Palmer worked with him, so he has to be good at some point…

    right?

    Reply
  13. Cris Altman

    13 years ago

    Clearly the Royals have no intention of competing.

    Reply
  14. Ryan SoftballGod Siembal

    13 years ago

    should have been gone a long time ago

    Reply
    • Ryan SoftballGod Siembal

      13 years ago

      and now for ian stewart

      Reply
  15. optionn

    13 years ago

    Kansas City is really going to pay this guy $3 million?

    Reply

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