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Royals To Sign Nick Robertson To Minor League Deal

By Leo Morgenstern | August 12, 2025 at 11:18pm CDT

The Royals have agreed to a minor league contract with Nick Robertson, reports Ari Alexander of KPRC 2. The right-hander had spent most of the season in the Astros organization, but he was released today, according to the transaction log on his MLB.com player page.

Robertson, who recently turned 27, appeared in the majors for the Dodgers, Red Sox, Cardinals, and Blue Jays from 2023-24, pitching a total of 35 2/3 innings over 27 games. He struck out 40 while issuing just nine unintentional walks, but a high opponents’ batting average and six home runs led to a 5.30 ERA.

The Blue Jays held on to Robertson over the 2024-25 offseason but designated him for assignment on Opening Day. They then traded him to the Astros, and while he never earned a promotion to Houston, he stuck on the 40-man roster for the first four months of the year. Eventually, however, Robertson was DFA’d in the days leading up to the trade deadline, but he passed through waivers unclaimed, and the Astros sent him outright back to Triple-A Sugar Land.

Robertson has a 4.25 ERA but a 5.12 FIP in 36 Triple-A innings this year. Control has been an issue, as his 16.6% walk rate is the highest mark he’s posted at any level in any single season of his career. Yet, the Royals must have seen something they liked; perhaps it’s his 47.8% groundball rate, which has helped him limit his opponents to just three home runs in 157 trips to the plate. Indeed, Robertson has always done quite a good job of limiting home runs at Triple-A. In 127 innings dating back to 2022, he has only given up 12 long balls, a rate of one every 46.25 batters faced. While he hasn’t earned much MLB playing time, several organizations have been intrigued by his profile over the past two years. The Dodgers included him in their trade for Enrique Hernández at the 2023 deadline, and the Red Sox flipped him to the Cardinals the following winter as part of the return for Tyler O’Neill. The Angels, Blue Jays, and Astros have since acquired him, and now the Royals are the latest club interested in seeing what he has to offer.

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  1. vincent k. mcmahon

    2 months ago

    Wrong Nick Robertson is linked (as of now).

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  2. HBan22

    2 months ago

    The centerpiece of the Red Sox/Cardinals Tyler O’Neill trade…

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    • stlcards0911

      2 months ago

      There was no “centerpiece”. TO was publicly falling out of a favor with everyone in the St. Louis organization but its fans and was given up on… everyone knew at the time both pitchers they got were just quad A players at best

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  3. numberoneslayerfan

    2 months ago

    hockey player?

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  4. coachsixstring

    2 months ago

    All 29 other teams might as well forfeit the rest of the season. 🤷‍♂️🏆

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  5. RoyalsFanAmongWolves

    2 months ago

    this is likely pitching depth for AAA, which has been ravished by injuries this year

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