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Royals Select Taylor Clarke, Option Noah Cameron

By Steve Adams | May 1, 2025 at 10:26am CDT

The Royals have selected the contract of righty Taylor Clarke from Triple-A Omaha and optioned lefty Noah Cameron back to Triple-A after yesterday’s MLB debut, per a team announcement. Righty James McArthur was transferred from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL to open a spot on the 40-man roster for Clarke. McArthur has been on the IL all season while recovering from surgery to repair an olecranon fracture in his elbow — a procedure that saw two screws installed to help stabilize the joint.

Clarke, 32 in a couple weeks, pitched for Kansas City from 2022-23. That stretch marks the last time he took the mound in the big leagues. The Royals traded him to the Brewers in the 2023-24 offseason, and he spent last year with Milwaukee’s Triple-A club in Nashville, pitching to a 4.90 ERA in 68 frames.

Clarke was solid for the Royals in 2022 and struggled in 2023. He’s had something of a rollercoaster career between the D-backs and Royals, which has evened out with a 5.03 ERA, 21.4% strikeout rate and 8% walk rate in 279 1/3 innings of major league experience. The lanky 6’4″ righty returned to the Royals on a minor league contract over the winter and has enjoyed decent performances both in spring training and in Omaha. In 14 1/3 innings of Triple-A work this year, he’s logged a 4.40 ERA with a rough 15.3% strikeout rate but a respectable 8% walk rate. The vast majority of his struggles in Omaha came in one particularly rough appearance, wherein the Orioles’ Triple-A squad trounced him for four runs.

Cameron is considered to be one of the Royals’ top pitching prospects. The 2021 seventh-rounder fired 6 1/3 shutout innings during yesterday’s debut and even took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, although he did so while issuing five walks against only three strikeouts. It was a nice debut all the same, and he was rewarded with his first big league win in his first day on the job.

That was always known to be a spot start, however, so it should come as little surprise to see Cameron sent back to Omaha. He was filling in for ace Cole Ragans, who’s nursing a minor groin injury, but the Royals have (at least thus far) opted not to even place Ragans on the injured list. He’s slated take the mound for Kansas City on Sunday after being afforded some extra downtime with Cameron’s spot start. With Ragans, Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha, Kris Bubic and Michael Lorenzen all healthy, Cameron will head back to Omaha. He’ll be a top option for the club, should a need in the rotation arise in the weeks ahead.

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  1. This one belongs to the Reds

    6 months ago

    Almost throw a no hitter, get sent to the minors. Makes sense to me!

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    • kcmark

      6 months ago

      He cannot pitch for another 5 days and it’s wait and see on Ragens. Makes sense to get another arm for the bullpen.

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    • WestVillageTiger

      6 months ago

      That was cold for sure!

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  2. Sideline Redwine

    6 months ago

    he may indeed be a top prospect, but don’t consider that game to be exemplary. The Rays have little offense, and they always have problems with the Royals (even when the latter su*ks). When I saw they were calling a guy up for his debut against the Rays? I knew it would be a shutout. The Rays *were* hot, then they went home and had a day off and played the royals.

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  3. raydh

    6 months ago

    I was at the game. He was helped by some great plays by the Royals defense, and the Rays poor offense. But he stayed calm and made the pitches to get out of trouble after the walks. I’m a Rays fan, but it was cool to see the KC fans give him a well-deserved ovation knowing it was his MLB debut. I’m sure he will be back.

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    • twentyfivemanroster

      6 months ago

      Most pitchers have great plays behind them

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