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Royals Claim Moises Sierra From White Sox

By Steve Adams | October 24, 2014 at 5:37pm CDT

The Royals have claimed outfielder Moises Sierra off outright waivers from the White Sox, according to MLB.com’s Scott Merkin (Twitter link). Additionally, the Sox have outrighted outfielder Michael Taylor to Triple-A Charlotte.

The move comes at a somewhat unexpected time for the Royals, who are in the midst of the World Series, but Sierra will add to the team’s outfield depth for the 2015 season. The 26-year-old batted .276/.311/.417 with a pair of homers in 135 plate appearances for the White Sox this season after they claimed him on waivers from the Blue Jays. Sierra has played mostly right field in his career, and while defensive metrics didn’t like his work with the Blue Jays, both Defensive Runs Saved and Ultimate Zone Rating gave him positive reviews in a small 372-inning sample this season. Sierra has less than two years of Major League service and can be controlled through the 2019 season if Kansas City sees fit.

Taylor, 28, at one time ranked as high as the No. 29 prospect in the game, according to Baseball America, but his career stalled after a few promising seasons at the Triple-A level. Taylor was one of three players, along with Travis d’Arnaud and Kyle Drabek, traded by the Phillies to the Blue Jays in exchange for Roy Halladay. Toronto traded him to Oakland for Brett Wallace (another top prospect who ultimately did not pan out), who eventually flipped him to the White Sox in a minor deal for right-hander Jake Sanchez. Taylor is a career .167/.254/.216 hitter in 114 big league plate appearances, though he sports a .278/.369/.441 batting line at Triple-A.

With these moves, Chicago’s 40-man roster is down to 37, Merkin notes.

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  1. SteveTheGiraffe

    6 years ago

    He’s in the starting lineup tonight, right?

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  2. Overbrook

    6 years ago

    He actually played pretty well for the Sox.

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    • NRD1138

      6 years ago

      Yeah, have to see if this move backfires on the Sox. He played pretty well and I can think of a few other guys to waive than Sierra

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      • Twisted86

        6 years ago

        Sierra was a 4th outfielder at best, can’t see how this would backfire on the Sox, those types of players are not hard to find.

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        • NRD1138

          6 years ago

          He is going to a division rival and performed pretty well when here. So you get to see a guy get 19 games to hurt you next season (if he still is a Royal by then of course) but I think there were guys that performed less than Sierra on the 40 man now that could have went before him.

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  3. Red_Line_9

    6 years ago

    Moises Sierra always sounds like one of the game generated names from MVP.

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  4. Red_Line_9

    6 years ago

    I think I might have even had Moises Sierra and Bip Kruk on the same mvp04 game

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  5. Devin Ruffner

    6 years ago

    Does anybody know where the Indians were in the waiver claim order? Just curious if they passed on him.

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    • connfyoozed .

      6 years ago

      They would have had to have been before the Royals, so they must have passed on him.

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