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Royals Designate Louis Coleman For Assignment

By Steve Adams | January 29, 2016 at 11:12am CDT

The Royals have designated right-hander Louis Coleman in order to clear a roster spot for fellow righty Ian Kennedy, whose five-year contract with Kansas City is now official, per MLB.com’s Jeffrey Flanagan (on Twitter).

Coleman, who will turn 30 on April 4, tossed just three innings for the Royals in 2015 but had been a regular member of the bullpen in the four seasons prior, pitching to a combined 3.25 ERA with 9.6 K/9 against 3.9 BB/9 in 174 1/3 innings. However, Coleman’s production tailed off badly in 2014, when he recorded a 5.56 ERA in 34 big league innings. While he rebounded with an outstanding 2015 season in Triple-A (1.69 ERA, 8.9 K/9, 3.2 BB/9 in 64 innings), the Royals possess one of the game’s deeper bullpens and have a number of options on the depth chart even with the removal of Coleman from the 40-man roster.

Coleman had been arbitration eligible this offseason and, in fact, already agreed to a one-year deal worth $725K. However, arbitration contracts are not fully guaranteed, so the Royals will be able to make this move while only being on the hook for roughly $119K of that sum — a little less than one sixth of the contract’s total — if they ultimately release Coleman. For the time being, however, the Royals will probably explore trade opportunities involving Coleman. This isn’t the first time that the Royals have designated a player after agreeing to an arbitration salary; two years ago, the team designated Emilio Bonifacio for assignment after having agreed to a considerably more significant $3.5MM salary. Bonifacio was ultimately released (and went on to sign a minor league deal with the Cubs), leaving Kansas City responsible for about $575K of his salary.

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  1. Jizz Chasholm

    10 years ago

    Not a bad piece for any team to get. Trade scraps to get him or sign him to league minimum after he’s released. If his results translate to the big leagues from last year youre looking at this years Will Harris

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  2. mbgutt

    10 years ago

    Sign him Pirates!

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  3. revwillieg

    10 years ago

    Good dude and good low-risk move for someone. He hasn’t quite been the same since he hurt the middle finger on this pitching hand during a fielding drill in ST-2014. I thought maybe he would get a shot to win a roster spot this spring with the Royals, but I think they just have too many bodies and not enough spots for everyone.

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