The Royals have continued their trade deadline selloff with right-handed reliever Jose Cuas headed to the northside of Chicago in exchange for outfielder Nelson Velázquez.
Cuas, 29, has been a roughly replacement-level relief pitcher this season. The converted infielder sports a 4.54 ERA and 4.45 FIP in 41.2 inning pitched. He’s shown solid swing-and-miss stuff with a 27.1% strikeout rate this season. However, that’s also come with a hefty 10.9% walk rate and he’s struggled to keep the ball in the yard, allowing six homers this season after surrendering just two last year. Cuas has allowed quite a bit of hard contact and hasn’t been able to keep the ball on the ground like he did in 2022.