After a 12-inning victory over the Rays on Tuesday night, the Royals unsurprisingly brought in some help for the bullpen.
Relief pitchers Seth Maness and Al Alburquerque were added to the Royals’ 40-man roster on Wednesday afternoon, and both were placed on the 25-man roster. Alburquerque pitched for the Tigers from 2011-15, and should be well-known to Royals fans.
Maness, who signed as a minor-league free agent on Feb. 13, is not as well known.
Here are seven things to know about Maness:
1. The two words you’ll hear most when people talk about Maness are “primary repair.