After Vinnie Pasquantino’s season-ending broken thumb Thursday night, speculation began running wild about how the team could replace his spot on the roster. Many fans resigned themselves to Austin Nola, Nick Loftin, or Nick Pratto filling in and the lineup necessarily getting worse. Others wondered if it was possible the Royals could look to the waiver wire as - in what appears to be becoming a new annual tradition - some teams that weren’t quite sure if they were out of it at the end of July cut several players in hopes they could convince a team still in the running to pick up the remainder of their salaries.
Royals add a pair of bats just in time for the final postseason push; Pham and Grossman to join team tomorrow
