Non-tendered by the Twins last week, Jose Mijares has quickly found a new home in the AL Central.
Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star reports that the 27-year-old reliever has agreed to a one-year deal with the Royals, who plan to use him as a left-handed specialist.
Mijares had a terrible 2011 season, walking 30 batters in 49 innings, but was very effective in the previous three years and has a 3.16 ERA in 154 career innings.
Minnesota soured on Mijares to the point that they cut him loose rather than pay what would’ve been a modest $750,000 or so salary via arbitration, but it’s not surprising that he almost immediately landed another big-league contract.
UPDATE: Mijares’ deal is worth $925,000, so he actually ended up with a raise.
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- sailonoc - Dec 21, 2011 at 5:22 PM
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Oh Royals! You are going to be so sorry for being so foolish as to sign this guy to an almost million dollar contract! Who makes these calls?
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- dan1111 - Dec 22, 2011 at 11:36 AM
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A 27 year old lefty who can throw in the low-to-mid 90′s and has a 133 ERA+ in 150 major league innings? Yeah, only idiotic teams want that kind of player.
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- l0yalr0yal - Dec 21, 2011 at 5:32 PM
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You’re not Roy Oswalt.
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- Tim's Neighbor - Dec 21, 2011 at 7:27 PM
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I’m still confused as to why the Twins non-tendered him. He’s been a solid reliever and well worth the 750K. I think last year is a fluke for him.
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- baseballisboring - Dec 22, 2011 at 3:37 AM
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Eh not exactly. His strikeouts went down, his walks went up, and his ERA was still probably lower than it should’ve been cause of a fluky home run rate. He’s a lefty specialist with not so good control at best.
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- dan1111 - Dec 22, 2011 at 11:32 AM
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Hmmm, you are giving a lot of weight to a mere 49 innings of pitching last year. Overall, he has been pretty successful in limited innings in the majors. He is young, and as a lefty who throws in the low to mid 90′s, he has plenty of potential and will get lots of chances.
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- baseballisboring - Dec 22, 2011 at 5:06 PM
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True, but seeing walks go up and K’s go down at the same time is never a good sign. I guess he does have good stuff maybe there’s a little more in the tank there than I thought, without going and checking the Fangraphs page again.
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- sknut - Dec 21, 2011 at 7:53 PM
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Somebody had Tweeted and this is a great line that “Mijares thought he had signed with KFC not KC”
That is why he is no longer on the Twins, its too bad because he has good stuff.
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- azpackerbacker - Dec 21, 2011 at 8:38 PM
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KC’s finest BBQ establishments: consider yourself warned.
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- imaginesuperbowlwin - Dec 21, 2011 at 9:57 PM
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Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, no pepsi!
