Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore added his second pitcher on Monday by agreeing to a two-year contract with free-agent lefty Travis Wood. Veteran baseball reporter Jerry Crasnick tweeted initial news of the signing:
Jon Heyman from Today’s Knuckleball at Fanrag.com indicated that the contract was a two-year, $12 million deal.
The 30-year-old Wood was something of a jack of all trades for the World Champion Chicago Cubs last season. He not only contributed as a reliever for Chicago, he also played left field in the playoffs. Wood appeared in 77 games in 2016, with a 2.