FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Kansas City Royals had their sights set on John Schreiber and had been keen to half with certainly one of their prime pitching prospects so as to add the right-hander to their bullpen, Alex Cora stated on Saturday.
“They’ve been pushing hard to get him, and they finally did,” the Red Sox supervisor stated minutes after the information broke.
It wasn’t a straightforward determination to commerce the amiable Schreiber, who’s well-liked and revered within the Red Sox clubhouse.
“He worked his butt off to become a guy that we rely on,” Cora stated. “Velocity went up, angle was superb, he liked all the things about being a Red Sock.
“Obviously, not healthy 100% the last few years, but when he was good, he was really good.”
Unlike the American League East, which is sort of all the time a struggle to the end, the AL Central is decidedly much less intense. Last yr, the Minnesota Twins received the division with an 87-75 report that will’ve made them the fourth-place staff within the East. No different Central membership completed at .500.
The Royals haven’t had a successful season since successful the World Series in 2015, and completed 56-106 final yr. However, their current monitor report belies the success they’re seeing after a prolonged rebuild.
“He’s going to an organization that, they have done some things in the offseason, adding some veterans in the rotation, they got a good young core led by (Bobby) Witt Jr.,” Cora stated. “You never know in that division.”
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