Headlines

  • Royals Sign Brad Boxberger To One-Year Contract
  • Rangers Sign Hunter Pence To Minor League Deal
  • Phillies Acquire J.T. Realmuto
  • Frank Robinson Passes Away
  • Phillies, Marlins Working Out Details Of Prospective J.T. Realmuto Swap
  • MLB, Union Discussing Significant Rule Changes
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Indians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • Top 50 Free Agents With Predictions
    • 2018-19 MLB Free Agent Tracker
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2019
    • 2018-19 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2019-20 MLB Free Agent List
    • MLB Depth Charts
    • Arbitration Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • Last 100 Comments
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Royals Place Jakob Junis On DL, Select Glenn Sparkman

By Connor Byrne | July 8, 2018 at 9:45am CDT

The Royals have placed right-hander Jakob Junis on the 10-day disabled list with low back inflammation, per Maria Torres of the Kansas City Star. Additonally, the club selected the contract of righty Glenn Sparkman from Triple-A Omaha, giving Kansas City a full 40-man roster.

Junis had been scheduled to start the Royals’ game against the Red Sox on Sunday, but righty Heath Fillmyer will take the ball instead. Across 17 starts and 101 2/3 innings this season, the 25-year-old Junis has struggled to a 5.13 ERA/5.47 FIP, though he has managed 8.14 K/9 against 2.48 BB/9.

Fillmyer, 24, is now set to make his first big league start. He joined the Royals in an offseason trade with the Athletics and has made his first three major league appearances this year, throwing nine innings of two-run ball out of KC’s bullpen. He hasn’t fared nearly that well in 13 Triple-A starts, though, with a 5.75 ERA/4.62 FIP in 67 1/3 frames.

Sparkman is in position to see the second MLB action of his career. He tossed one inning in 2017 with the Blue Jays, who took him from the Royals in the 2016 Rule 5 draft but then returned him to Kansas City last July. The 26-year-old has divided this season between the minors’ two highest levels and combined for a 3.96 ERA with 6.2 K/9 against 1.1 BB/9 in 16 starts and 88 2/3 innings.

Share 0 Retweet 2 Send via email0

Glenn Sparkman Jakob Junis Kansas City Royals Transactions

AL West Notes: M’s, Cano, Cruz, A’s, Astros, Tucker
Main
Red Sox Make Series Of Roster Moves
4 comments
newest oldest

Comments

  1. kenneth cole

    7 months ago

    Hmmm… well I do know everything about trades and how GM’s think. Riddle me this.

    Jakob Junis for Clint Frazier, Gleyber Torres, and maybe the Yankees can throw in Stanton to offset some salary.

    Who says no? Seems fair for both sides when you include arbitration.

    0
    1
    Reply
    • TLB2001

      7 months ago

      Royals aren’t looking to trade Junis, as he’s part of the long term plan, but I bet if you twisted Dayton’s arm really hard, he’d take this deal.

      0
      0
      Reply
  2. baseballwarshipper

    7 months ago

    Glenn Sparkman just sounds like a serviceable player. Surely Dayton Moore can find a few diamonds in the rough out of his own farm this year.

    0
    0
    Reply
  3. wfgodot

    7 months ago

    Glenn or Glennda?

    0
    0
    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.
Log in Register

ad: 300x250_1_MLB

    Top Stories

    Royals Sign Brad Boxberger To One-Year Contract

    Rangers Sign Hunter Pence To Minor League Deal

    Phillies Acquire J.T. Realmuto

    Frank Robinson Passes Away

    Phillies, Marlins Working Out Details Of Prospective J.T. Realmuto Swap

    MLB, Union Discussing Significant Rule Changes

    Giants Reportedly Enter Mix For Bryce Harper

    Nationals To Re-Sign Jeremy Hellickson

    Marlins Sign Curtis Granderson

    Padres Meet With Bryce Harper

    Astros Sign Wade Miley

    Diamondbacks Sign Greg Holland

    J.T. Realmuto Talks In “Advanced Stages”

    Twins Sign Martin Perez

    Recent

    Minor MLB Transactions: 2/7/19

    MLBTR Poll: NL East Hierarchy

    Milwaukee Brewers Sign Josh Tomlin To Minor League Deal

    Royals Sign Brad Boxberger To One-Year Contract

    Orioles Designate Jack Reinheimer For Assignment

    Rangers Sign Hunter Pence To Minor League Deal

    Phillies Acquire J.T. Realmuto

    MLBTR Chat Transcript: Realmuto, Harper, More

    Frank Robinson Passes Away

    Indians Sign Ryan Flaherty, Dioner Navarro

    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • 2018-19 Top 50 Free Agents With Predictions
    • 2018-19 MLB Free Agent Tracker
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2019
    • 2018-19 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2019-20 MLB Free Agent List
    • MLB Depth Charts
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Twitter/RSS Feeds
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
    • Roster Resource

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Indians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    ad: 160x600_MLB

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • Feeds by Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    hide arrowsFOX Sports Engage Network scroll to top
    Close

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version