With seemingly every baseball reporter talking about the deal, the Royals confirmed in a tweet that they have unloaded Joakim Soria’s contract (never mind that he could reasonably be worth the money) and lefty reliever Scott Alexander. Alexander will call Dodger Stadium home now, while Soria heads to the South Side of Chicago in a three-team deal.
Coming back to the Royals in the deal are prospects Trevor Oaks and Erick Mejia. A right-handed starting pitcher, Oaks is about to turn 25 but has logged over 145 innings in AAA - Oklahoma City over the past two seasons and is arguably major-league ready.