The Royals have traded first baseman Carlos Santana and cash considerations to the Seattle Mariners for pitchers Wyatt Mills and William Fleming and have called up first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino from Triple-A Omaha. The club has also designated pitcher Ronald Bolaños for assignment.
The 36-year-old Santana seemed unmovable a month ago when he was hitting .150 with an OPS of .528. But he has gone on a tear in the month of June, hitting .357/.478 /.554 in 17 games to put his overall line at .216/.349/.341 with four home runs in 212 plate appearances. Santana was briefly in the Seattle organization in December of 2018 when he was traded there by the Phillies but he never played for them, and was traded ten days later back to Cleveland.