The Royals have announced a deal with righty Jesse Hahn to bring him back, as Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com first reported (Twitter link). Hahn is slated to receive a $600K salary with $200K in available incentives.
Hahn had been non-tendered by the Kansas City organization. He was projected to earn $900K via arbitration. Evidently, the sides just needed a while longer to sort out a price tag.
It has been quite some time since Hahn, now 30, was last effective in the majors, His career got off to a stellar start in 2014-15, but he has struggled with health and performance lapses ever since.
Hahn worked his way back from a second Tommy John surgery last year with the Kansas City organization, making it back up to the majors late in the year. While it’s hard to gauge much of anything from the limited action, it seems quite promising that Hahn sat at 95 mph with his fastball.
Aight bet
In before a wave of “new World Series favorites” comments from fans whose teams haven’t won a championship as recently as the Royals
Lol
It’s semi clear but might be best to specific that it’s a major league contract when the thing is only $600,000.
People seem to forget the Royals did win a world series.
Their “fans” have forgotten too. Oh how I’d kill to see them cram the All-Star game with the 2020 roster. Now THAT would be truly subversive!
Glad to see this and also the Mejia and Arteaga news. Depth is good.
Haven’t heard about Jessica Hahn since the 80’s.