Royals linked to trade for 0.50 ERA right-handed Rockies pitcher
This would be a great pickup for a Royals pitching staff that desperately needs help.
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The Kansas City Royals are 12-17 on the season, but they're only 2. 5 games out of the top spot in the very weak AL Central. With such a poor record and weak division, the Royals should be looking to make a trade or two to bolster their roster and make a push for the postseason.
If they do, more pitching help is a must. ESPN's Bradford Doolittle linked the Royals, along with plenty of other teams, to a Colorado Rockies pitcher who has a 0. 50 ERA this season across 18 innings pitched in Antonio Senzatela.
Royals linked to trade for Antonio Senzatela "For the Royals, and all teams seeking high-leverage assistance, keep an eye on the reanimated version of Antonio Senzatela in Colorado," Doolittle writes. The Rockies might be willing to trade away this right-handed pitcher, as they're going to be one of the worst teams in MLB this year, and getting prospects back for someone pitching as well as Senzatela would make sense. So far this season, through eight games as a long reliever, Senzatela has posted a 0.