The Royals announced that left-hander Eric Skoglund has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A Omaha. Skoglund has evidently spent the past three months in DFA limbo. He was designated for assignment on March 25 to create 40-man roster space for the addition of Trevor Rosenthal. Two days later, MLB instituted a league-wide transaction freeze that, until today, left Skoglund’s situation unresolved.
Skoglund has seen MLB action for Kansas City in each of the past three seasons. All told, he’s combined for 109 innings over 27 appearances (22 starts) with a cumulative 6.61 ERA and minuscule 13.8% strikeout rate. The 27-year-old will remain with the organization that selected him in the third round back in 2014.
What is it about him that keeps intriguing KC?
Being left handed
Exactly.
He flashed some ability with his September 2018 call up. But may need to be converted to relief. His typical start, he rolls for a few innings, then just has an inning he can’t get out of.
The PED suspension really de-railed him. He was looking like an average MLB arm, 4/5 starter type and then just couldn’t get going after his suspension. The pitching version of Jorge Bonifacio.
I was hoping the Orioles would have signed him
Would have been an interesting waiver claim. Right now the Orioles 40 man roster is at 39. When Mancini is put on the 45 day IL , he will come off and they will probably add LeBlanc. They also have a few non roster players they may want to add (Valaika, Mason Williams, Hanhold ) . Of course with Elias’s MO , he will claim one or two or five DFA’s from other teams as they make cuts.
Is this the longest DFA limbo ever?