The Royals have signed infielder Steve Tolleson to a minor league contract, tweets Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com. The 32-year-old will report to Triple-A Omaha, he adds.
Tolleson, released by the Orioles earlier this week, is a veteran of four big league seasons and 12 minor league seasons. He most recently logged 234 Major League plate appearances with the Blue Jays between the 2014 and 2015 campaigns, hitting a combined .256/.313/.384 with three homers and five steals while seeing time at second base, third base, shortstop and in the outfield corners. Tolleson is a career .245/.299/.372 hitter in 363 PAs at the MLB level and owns a lifetime .281/.365/.401 batting line in an even 2100 plate appearances at the Triple-A level. He’ll give Kansas City some infield depth in the wake of yesterday’s devastating news that Mike Moustakas will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL in his right knee.
David Freese– make it happen
He’s kind of playing a lot and we’ll for a winning team. Trevor Ploughed might make more sense.
Exactly David Freeze is the answer
Was a nice platoon player for the Jays a while back (career .817 OPS against LHP).
I’m not so sure that the Pirates would readily part with Freese considering his strong presence and versatility with the Pirates. However, some players that may be readily available that won’t hurt the Royals farm system or the checkbook may include Matt Dominguez, Chris Johnson, Will Middlebrooks, Alberto Callaspo or Yamaico Navarro. They aren’t Beltre, Machado or Donaldson, but they are realistically obtainable and a stopgap. However, Tolleson was a good pick up for nada. Good job.