The Royals landed starter/reliever Michael Lorenzen from the Rangers on Monday to help their playoff push.
Lorenzen, 32, is 5-6 with a 3.81 ERA in 19 games this season who will be a free agent this offseason after signing a one-year, $4.5 million deal with the Rangers.
He’s tallied 75 strikeouts through 101 2/3 – equating to a 17.9 percent strikeout rate, which ranks the ninth-lowest of starters with at least 100 innings. However, on the brighter side, he has done well against lefties – holding them to a .144 average. Lorenzen is just one year removed from his lone All-Star berth last year, when he pioneered career-high stats in innings , wins and strikeouts with the Tigers and Phillies.
He now joins a Royals team that could use some additional depth, and his ability serve as both a starter and reliever — with 274 of his career outings in relief — could provide beneficial. Cole Ragans has seen an all-time high for professional pitches thrown, Seth Lugo is nearing his career-high in and Michael Wacha hasn’t dialed up as many as 135 innings since 2017.The Royals are one game ahead of the Red Sox for the third and final wild-card spot, although they are even in the loss column.The Rangers received Pennington, a reliever who appeared in one game for the Royals and posted a 2.26 ERA in 37 Triple-A games this season.
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