Reported terms of the deal would bring Soria back on a three-year, $25M deal plus incentives and a mutual option for a fourth year.
After spending much of the young offseason being linked to any number of relief options, Dayton Moore apparently finally has his man. Again.
According to Jerry Crasnick at ESPN,
— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) December 7, 2015
Adding numbers to the equation is SB Nation scribe Chris Cotillo tweeted the following:
— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) December 7, 2015
With the cost of the Win Above Replacement probably hovering somewhere in the $8M range on the open market this offseason and buying Wins from relief pitchers typically running on the high side of that figure by a few million dollars, it's likely that the deal will require that Soria be worth roughly 1 WAR in each of the next three years to be worth the money he will get from the Royals.