The Royals announced this evening that they’ve signed starter Zach Davies to a minor league pact. The Boras Corporation client has been assigned to Triple-A Omaha.
Davies adds a veteran rotation option to the upper levels of the K.C. system. He was in Nationals camp this spring but didn’t make the MLB roster and was cut loose just before Opening Day. The 31-year-old righty had struggled in exhibition play, allowing 14 runs in as many innings across four starts.
That came on the heels of a rough 2023 campaign. Davies was tagged for seven earned runs per nine through 18 starts with the Diamondbacks a year ago. He missed some time with a back injury and was released in the days leading up to Arizona’s postseason run. Davies had turned in more serviceable back-of-the-rotation production in the preceding season. He managed a 4.09 ERA despite middling strikeout and walk numbers over 134 1/3 frames with the Snakes in 2022.
Davies doesn’t throw hard and has never missed many bats. He nevertheless posted solid results early in his career on the strength of above-average control and a lot of ground-ball contact. Davies has started exactly 200 games at the major league level and owns a 4.36 ERA in a little more than 1000 innings. He has allowed 5.43 earned runs per nine over the past three seasons, though, in part because his formerly strong walk rates have ticked upwards.
Kansas City’s rotation has been excellent in the first couple weeks. Only the Red Sox had a lower rotation ERA entering play today, as K.C. starters have worked to a microscopic 1.60 mark in their first 10 starts. Cole Ragans, Brady Singer, Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha and Alec Marsh have each taken the ball two times.
The Royals kicked veteran righty Jordan Lyles into multi-inning relief and have Daniel Lynch and Jonathan Bowlan as rotation depth in Omaha. Minor league signee Luis Cessa had initially been assigned to Triple-A but was recently moved to the development list after walking five of his first 23 opponents.
It’d be funny if the Royals forgot him like he forgot his wife for the next year at Omaha. Hope he sucks.
What happened?
I heard his mom called the royals and made them sign him. He said teams were being mean to him by not signing him.
He’s quite the terrible person.
But what happened???
Nevermind. Just looked it up. I remember this now…
They split up and his ex wrote on Instagram about how horrible he is and how much she has had to overcome because she is the first person to ever get divorced. One thing for sure is a jaded ex is always 100% upfront and honest about things on social media.
I never said on implied otherwise. I was commenting to the clowns that were calling him a “terrible person” based on what they saw an ex post on Instagram. It doesn’t make me misogynistic in any way but way to try to toss a hot word in there to try to sound cool.I guess using your logic that means you hate all men and think they are all cheaters.
Well you obviously hate all men. Also you come across as racist too. See you aren’t the only one who can just make up nonsense allegations based off of nothing. You aren’t special at all.
sn33 – oof, you may want to rethink your stance on this one. I’d say a guy who left his wife without saying a word, blocked her, and had an affair without any communication where she had to file for a divorce a year after not hearing from him – that’s a pretty terrible guy.
It’s not “hating all men” to call out men for bad actions. Your insecurity is showing just a little. (I’m sure you’ll reply saying I’m also a snowflake man hater too lol)
sn
Interesting that you can’t see the difference.
YOU suggest that she completely made up the story. But it’s YOU completely making up a story
1. You called me misogynistic which isn’t true and made up.
2. You can’t sit here and pretend to know all the facts. You have one persons side of the story which unless you are living under a rock you would know that sometimes during breakups there are two sides to a story. Most have seen this happen many times. I never said he was in the right or wrong. Just that taking one woman’s word about a breakup on social media is not always the most accurate source.
3. I wasn’t completely making up any story about you any more than you were making up a story about me. I was showing you how ridiculous that would be if I was acting like you were. I guess the irony flew right over your head.
4. I’m sure Davies’ ex is reading all of this and is thinking what a knight in shining armor you are for coming to her defense. I bet she looks you up any day now. I know things fly over your head so it’s worth noting I am being extremely sarcastic here.
Waldo I didn’t call anyone a snowflake I never use that term because it’s for the weak minded. My point was (trying to show him how ignorant he sounded) that if my comment made me misogynistic (or insecure as you added) then I could just make up stuff about him or you or anyone without any merit and say it’s true. I have no way of knowing if he hates all men and I really don’t care. Sadly the point sailed over both of your heads.
He left his wife by ghosting her.
So saying there are two sides to every story means I was “making up my own story” it’s actually just the opposite. Forgive me for not taking what an angry ex wrote on social media as 100% proven fact. You weren’t there and have no idea what happened either. So basically you are grasping at straws and embarrassing yourself. Just another example of why you get mocked on here so often.
Well reading comprehension is tough for some. Is that not a sarcastic way of saying there could be two sides to every story? I guess if we are all like you then we should just believe everything that anyone posts on social media. Most people with brains learned a long time ago that’s a dangerous game. Do you know 100% for a fact that every single detail of every thing she said is the truth? Of course you don’t. So how does me saying it might not all be accurate make me misogynistic? The answer is that it does not. But again you wanted to use a word that made you sound smart. You failed. Go ahead and keep believing everything you read on social media though. I promise it doesn’t make you an idiot to do that.
Wrong Zack, do not collect two hundred dollars and do not pass go.
Right Zach. Wrong saying.
He’s delivered a 5.43 ERA over the last three years, but fortunately his FIP is only 5.03.
This is nonsense, there is 0% chance you get better numbers from Davies than you would get from Greinke. And if the difference the Kansas City cites is that Greinke won’t sign a minor league deal and Davies will…that might be true but it is not a good enough reason; sign Greinke to get to 3k K’s. Nostalgic reasons are all but extinct in MLB and this would be one of the last. But it is a significant milestone we might not see many more approach in the future and he deserves a shot at getting there.
steve
” there is 0% chance you get better numbers from Davies than you would get from Greinke”
That’s false, of course
At least Scott Boras got his commission and didn’t interrupt any player or team. I feel sorry for him; he’s such a thoughtful person.
No relation to Kyle Davies I hope. My eyes still burn from seeeing him pitch live.
Filihok is a clown who believes everything he reads on social media. If you don’t agree with him he will comment and call you names and then mute you. I’m starting to realize why so many people mock him on here.
“MUTED!”