The Royals and right-handed relief pitcher Drew Storen are nearing a minor-league deal to add the former closer to the club’s bullpen options, a source told The Star on Friday.
Storen underwent Tommy John surgery in September 2017, and he did not pitch in majors in 2018. Storen, 31, posted a 43-save season with the Washington Nationals in 2011 and saved 29 games for the club in 2015. The Nationals traded him to the Toronto Blue Jays before the 2016 season, and the Blue Jays traded him to the Seattle Mariners during that same season.
Before the 2017 season, Storen signed a one-year, $3 million free-agent deal with the Cincinnati Reds.