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Royals Claim Rosell Herrera

By Kyle Downing | June 2, 2018 at 2:36pm CDT

The Royals have claimed utilityman Rosell Herrera off waivers from the Reds, John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports on Twitter. Herrera was designated for assignment yesterday in order to make room for catcher Curt Casali on the Reds’ roster. In a corresponding move, righty Nate Karns has been transferred to the 60-day DL.

Herrera was an international signing of the Rockies in July of 2009, and vaulted his way up the club’s prospect list over the next few years. At one point, a .343/.419/.515 in his age-20 minor league season earned him the number 86 spot on Baseball America’s top 100 overall prospects. He was highly regarded enough at one point to be added to the club’s roster in order to receive protection from the Rule 5 Draft.

However, after a pair of dismal seasons in High-A ball from 2014-2015, the Rockies released him and re-signed him to a new minors pact; that very same thing happened again the following season. From that point on, he never really made any headlines until being once again released by the Rockies this past offseason and subsequently re-signed by the Reds in a minor-league contract. Even the rebuilding Reds, however, didn’t consider him to be worth a roster spot after watching him strike out in five of his first 13 major league plate appearances, even after the young outfielder managed to slug .500 across nearly a hundred plate appearances at Triple-A.

It’s easy to think, though, that he could find playing time with a Royals club that seems content to look for hidden gems in the beginning stages of a rebuilding process. Herrera is capable of playing both the infield and the outfield, so he could very well earn a major league look in Kansas City with a strong minors performance over an extended stretch.

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  1. Phillies2017

    7 years ago

    Love this kid. Very good tools, just needs to put it all together.

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    • redsfan48

      7 years ago

      Wish he would’ve gotten more of a chance with the Reds

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      • BrandonGregory74

        7 years ago

        Unfortunately the Reds need every pitcher on the 40-man so this kid is a casualty. I think he might be able to stick.

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        • bigredsfan41017

          7 years ago

          The should have DFA catcher Jose Cruz whom they sent down to make room for catcher Curt Casals!

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        • redsfan48

          7 years ago

          Exactly. Though his name is Tony Cruz not Jose

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        • bigredsfan41017

          7 years ago

          Ok I couldn’t remember, thanks for correcting me!

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