Winter decisions are starting to carry more and more weight. This week, the Kansas City Royals added the quartet of Foster Griffin, Carlos Hernandez, Nick Heath and Jeison Guzman to the 40-man roster. These moves were made in order to protect the four players from December’s Rule 5 Draft.
Griffin, the Royals’ first-round pick in 2014, is a former MLB Futures Game participant. In 2018, he went 10-12 and twirled a 5.13 ERA. Going 8-6 with a 5.23 ERA this past season with the AAA Omaha Storm Chasers, the mixed bag trend continued.