ICYMI: the Royals made a slew of moves prior to the start of Sunday’s game vs the Red Sox. Jason Hammel was moved to the bullpen, Jake Junis was moved to the DL, and Heath Fillmyer was moved to the starting rotation.
It took awhile for this news to really become clear (it was originally only reported on Yahoo! Japan) but the Royals signed the youngest Japanese player in history
Reflecting a fresh approach to extend their scouting operations into the Pacific Rim, the Royals have signed Kaito Yuki, a 16-year-old pitcher from Japan who is believed to be the youngest player from his country to sign with a major-league club.