The Royals have signed 32-year old right-handed pitcher Homer Bailey to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. Bailey has spent 12 years in the big leagues, all with the Cincinnati Reds, winning 67 games with a 4.56 ERA and 4.0 WAR, according to Baseball Reference.
Bailey was a promising top prospect ranked as high as #8 in baseball, who got off to a rough start to his career. But by 2012 he was putting up a 3.68 ERA in 33 starts with 1.9 WAR for the Reds. He followed that up with a 3.