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Royals Designate Logan Porter, Josh Staumont For Assignment

By Darragh McDonald | November 14, 2023 at 5:22pm CDT

The Royals announced that they have selected right-hander Will Klein and outfielder Tyler Gentry to the 40-man roster. Today is the deadline to add players in order to prevent them from being available in the Rule 5 draft. In order to open roster space, they designated catcher Logan Porter and right-hander Josh Staumont for assignment.

Klein, 24 later this month, was a fifth-round pick in the 2020 draft. On his way up the minors leagues, he has racked up plenty of strikeouts and ground balls but has also given out batches of walks. In 2023, he pitched 64 1/3 innings between Double-A and Triple-A with a 4.62 earned run average. He struck out 30.5% of opponents in that time but also walked 12.8% of them and kept about 45% of balls in play on the ground at both levels.

Gentry, 25 in February, was selected in the third round of the 2020 draft. As he has ascended towards the majors, he has shown an ability to put the ball over the fence as well as take a walk. He spent all of 2023 at the Triple-A level, hitting 16 homers, walking in 14.2% of his plate appearances and also stealing 14 bases. His .253/.370/.421 batting line translates to a wRC+ of 103. He’s not considered an especially strong defender but has a chance to become a regular option in a corner based on his bat.

Baseball America considers Gentry to be the club’s #9 prospect and has Klein in the #22 spot. The two of them will give the club some optionable depth going forward and should be battling for their respective major league debuts by Spring Training.

But their gain is a loss for a couple of other players. Staumont, 30 next month, was a second-round pick in 2015 and had some success in his first tastes of the majors but has hit some speed bumps of late. He made 106 appearances from 2019 to 2021 with an ERA of 2.93 but a 6.09 in the past two years, walking 15.9% of batters in that latter timeframe.

In July, he underwent surgery to address thoracic outlet syndrome, making his path forward uncertain. He made a salary of $1.025MM in 2023 and would have been due a raise via arbitration in 2024, with MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projecting him for a modest bump to $1.2MM, but it seems the Royals didn’t want to bring him back at that price point.

Porter, 28, was just added to the club’s roster in September as they were dealing with injuries to catchers Salvador Perez and Freddy Fermin. It seems they didn’t have him in their long-term plans, as he’s now been bumped off the roster. He had a strong season in 2022, hitting .301/.442/.476 in the minors for a wRC+ of 145, but that line fell to .232/.339/.377 at Triple-A in 2023.

The Royals will have one week to trade or outright both players. Staumont has more than enough service time to reject an outright assignment and elect free agency.

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  1. futuregm12

    2 years ago

    These were the right players to call up. Not too disappointed with the DFA’s either. Still confused why Collin Snider was left around.

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  2. Redsoxx_62

    2 years ago

    Fully expecting the Rays or Dodgers to claim Staumont and turn him into a late innings weapon

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    • KCMOWHOA

      2 years ago

      Probably the Rays lmao

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    • iml12

      2 years ago

      2-3 years ago that guy looked like he was going to be an elite bullpen arm. I bet a lot of teams would be interested in adding him.

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      • KCMOWHOA

        2 years ago

        Maybe but I don’t fault the Royals for finally cutting ties

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  3. myaccount2

    2 years ago

    Mariners

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  4. Subatomicbunt

    2 years ago

    6yrs @ 32mil works.

    Reply
  5. Finlander

    2 years ago

    Comeback from TOS seems more difficult than from TJS, but his stuff and K rate were intriguing 3 years ago. Wonder if he’ll get his velo back.

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