The Royals signed Mike Moustakas to a one-year, $6.5 million deal, surprising much of the baseball world. Moose can earn $2.2 million in incentives with a $15 million mutual option for 2019 that has a $1 million buyout. How did the baseball world react to this stunning development?
Sam Mellinger at the Kansas City Star writes about Moose’s frustrating off-season.
A week earlier, Royals officials all but dismissed the possibility. Moustakas turned down a so-called qualifying offer worth $17.4 million. Early in the offseason, according to league sources, he and his agent Scott Boras turned down a three-year deal from the Angels worth around $45 million.