Headlines

  • Jake McGee Retires
  • Royals Re-Sign Zack Greinke
  • Orioles To Decline Five-Year Lease Extension At Camden Yards, Seeking Longer-Term Agreement With Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Mariners, Dylan Moore Agree to Three-Year Extension
  • Blue Jays Sign Chad Green
  • Rays Extend Yandy Diaz
  • 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 Guardians
      • 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
    • 2022-23 MLB Free Agent List
    • Top 50 Free Agents
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2023
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Arbitration Tracker
    • Agency Database
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Royals Designate Lucas Duda For Assignment

By Ty Bradley | July 27, 2019 at 4:51pm CDT

The Royals have designated 1B/DH Lucas Duda for assignment and recalled 1B Ryan O’Hearn in his place, the team reports.

Duda, 33, produced in volume for the Mets clubs of the mid- and early-decade, but has fallen on hard times since a 2017 trade to the Rays. In 119 plate appearances for Kansas City this season, the lefty slashed a putrid .171/.252/.324 (47 wRC+) and appeared in just 19 games at first base. His long track record of righty-mashing will be hard for certain clubs to ignore, but it’s possible this is the end of the line for Duda, who’s cracked 156 MLB homers thus far.

Following an out-of-nowhere 2018, in which O’Hearn posted a 153 wRC+ in limited action despite an uneven-at-best minor-league track record, the 26-year-old has fallen back to earth in ’19, slashing a mere .186/.286/.333 in near-full-time action at the season’s outset. He’ll likely again be in line for at least semi-regular at-bats for a club that’s long since fallen out of the race.

Share 0 Retweet 5 Send via email0

Kansas City Royals Transactions Lucas Duda Ryan O'Hearn

Angels Select Jose Rodriguez
Main
Mets Interested In Marcus Stroman, “Exploring” Noah Syndergaard Deal With Padres
View Comments (19)

Comments

  1. SecsSeksSecks

    4 years ago

    About time. That guy has been terrible for well over a year now. I can’t believe anyone picked him up. I guess KC did just because he had played there before.

    Reply
  2. cybrpete

    4 years ago

    If you’re cut by the Royals (or Orioles), you’re done.

    Reply
    • PapiElf

      4 years ago

      Keon Broxton is alive and well though in Seattle.

      Reply
  3. BStevens

    4 years ago

    Duda is a World Series legend in KC

    Reply
    • Strike Four

      4 years ago

      So much so they paid him $1.25M to be a statue in the field for 39 games a few years later, lol

      Reply
      • BStevens

        4 years ago

        Yea bro that throw home was epic . Worth every dollar they threw at him. 1.25 mil. You act like that is big money in sports lmao

        Reply
        • David Capp

          4 years ago

          As crazy as it seems, a part of me had always thought in the back of my head that it was gratefulness for that throw that caused Dayton to sign Duda… Twice.

          Couldn’t they just make him a coach in the minors instead?

        • BStevens

          4 years ago

          Lol David. So true. They sign these guys hoping they have a good half season so they can flip them for something. They need to tank better like the Astros did

        • RoyalsFanAmongWolves

          4 years ago

          the astros are a large market team that won’t have to tank again for at least 5 years. there is no comparison. plus tanking does little to help young players develop.

        • BStevens

          4 years ago

          You gotta have the you g players to develop and our farm system blows right now

  4. john9977

    4 years ago

    Glad to see O Hearn back, but I like Cuthbert at 1st O Hearn is in line up tonight

    Reply
    • Matt Galvin

      4 years ago

      DH.

      Reply
  5. ElMagoN9ne

    4 years ago

    Lol. I had no idea Lucas Duda was still playing.

    Reply
    • dennis63480

      4 years ago

      Apparently he wasn’t

      Reply
  6. chicoescuela

    4 years ago

    De Camptown Lady???

    Reply
    • bigun

      4 years ago

      All the Du Da Day

      Reply
    • RoyalsFanAmongWolves

      4 years ago

      When we signed Duda last year, I had this vision of Salvy convincing the DJ to replace Duda’s walk up song with “Camptown ladies”. Alas it didn’t happen we trade him to Atlanta and I thought we had said goodbye for ever and I was happy. Then Dayton falls for Duda’s Darkside trick & Signed him again. Just like the question about how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop, the world may never know why Dayton really signed him.

      Reply
  7. jwarden15

    4 years ago

    Finally. Glad to see O’hearn getting more playing time in the majors. Hopefully he sticks around this time

    Reply
  8. jorge78

    4 years ago

    Were they ever in the race?
    LOL. I say this as a Royals
    and Rangers fan…..

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.
Log in Register

ad: 300x250_1_MLB

    Top Stories

    Jake McGee Retires

    Royals Re-Sign Zack Greinke

    Orioles To Decline Five-Year Lease Extension At Camden Yards, Seeking Longer-Term Agreement With Maryland Stadium Authority

    Mariners, Dylan Moore Agree to Three-Year Extension

    Blue Jays Sign Chad Green

    Rays Extend Yandy Diaz

    Dexter Fowler Announces Retirement

    Mets Sign Jeff McNeil To Four-Year Extension

    Red Sox, Marlins Swap Matt Barnes For Richard Bleier

    Darren O’Day Announces Retirement

    Braves Extend Manager Brian Snitker Through 2025

    Rays Sign Pete Fairbanks To Extension

    Royals Sign Aroldis Chapman To One-Year Deal

    Athletics Sign Jesús Aguilar

    Orioles Acquire Cole Irvin From A’s

    Astros Name Dana Brown General Manager

    Rays Extend Jeffrey Springs

    Royals, Red Sox Swap Adalberto Mondesi For Josh Taylor

    Red Sox Designate Matt Barnes For Assignment

    Scott Rolen Elected Into Baseball Hall Of Fame

    Recent

    Jake McGee Retires

    Latest On Yuli Gurriel’s Free Agency

    Dodgers Sign Luke Williams, Yusniel Diaz, Robbie Erlin To Minor League Deals

    Mariners Outright J.B. Bukauskas

    Twins’ VP Of Player Personnel Mike Radcliff Passes Away

    Padres Promote Ryan Christenson To Associate Manager

    Diamondbacks Sign Yairo Munoz To Minor League Contract

    Big Hype Prospects: Cowser, Bleday, Alvarez, Outman, Steer

    White Sox Acquire Franklin German, Designate Jason Bilous

    Rangers Sign Bernardo Flores Jr. To Minor League Contract

    MLBTR Newsletter - Hot stove highlights in your inbox, five days a week

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • Offseason Outlook Series
    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Go Ad-Free
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2023
    • 2022-23 MLB Free Agent List
    • MLB Player Chats
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    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
    • Guardians 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