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Royals Decline Option For Joakim Soria

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | October 31, 2012 at 12:11pm CDT

The Royals announced that they've declined their 2013 option for Joakim Soria. The reliever, who missed the entire 2012 season to undergo Tommy John surgery, is now a free agent. He obtains a $750K buyout instead of an $8MM salary.

Soria established himself as an elite reliever in the five seasons preceding 2012. Though he struggled in 2011, his career numbers are excellent — a 3.40 ERA with 9.7 K/9 and 2.5 BB/9 in 298 total appearances. If the Royals had exercised his 2013 option they would have kept the rights to a 2014 option valued at $8.75MM.

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16 Comments

  1. diehardmets

    13 years ago

    METS! Please dear God let it be the Mets.

    Reply
  2. Kevin

    13 years ago

    Dipoto, pick up the phone

    Reply
  3. truroyal15

    13 years ago

    Royals are working out a new contract with him!!!!

    Reply
  4. jlasovage

    13 years ago

    Red sox go get him.

    Reply
  5. Shane_McMahon

    13 years ago

    New York…..meet your newest Yankee.

    Reply
    • Nathan Miller⚾™

      13 years ago

      No, he’ll be back with KC within a few days.. see link: mlbtraderumors.com/2012/10/al-central-notes-cesped…

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      • Shane McMahon

        13 years ago

        Getting Santana today doesn’t look good. Having to pay both might limit Royals elsewhere.

        Reply
  6. walnutfalcons

    13 years ago

    remember when the Royals could have gotten a king’s ransom for Soria? Well, at least he closed a lot of meaningful games.

    Reply
    • $1529282

      13 years ago

      Never understood the need for smaller market teams to hang onto elite closers when they’re not in contention.

      Reply
    • Ramondo A Stallings

      13 years ago

      Um, what games have the Royals played in that were meaningful?

      Reply
      • michael hughes

        13 years ago

        That totally wasn’t sarcasm.
        Seriously though, sometimes its hard to detect on the internet but, yeah, I think he was kidding.

        Reply
  7. otis26

    13 years ago

    Soria’s coming back to KC. The rest of you calm down.

    Reply
  8. Trequartista

    13 years ago

    Come to Rays for one year 2m deal and bank next offseason. Ask Benoit, Soriano, Balfour, and Rodney

    Reply
  9. soxxxxx

    13 years ago

    career 2.40 era. big difference.

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  10. DerekJeterDan

    13 years ago

    Whoever gets him is going to have a reliever with great bounce back potential.

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  11. Tyler Andula

    13 years ago

    If the Royals want to bring him back it better be an incentive laden deal. No sense in wasting a bunch of money on a reliever with the pen they’ve already got. Of course I figure it’s likely 1 or 2 of those arms get dealt looking for starting pitching depth this winter but if bringing him back doesn’t mean Crow moves to the rotation I don’t really see the point in making the move at all.

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