Maness, Alburquerque promoted by Royals; Colon, O'Brien cut
Posted May 10, 2017 7:00 am
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Kansas City Royals have promoted Seth Maness from Triple-A Omaha, less than nine months after the right-hander had ligament surgery on his pitching elbow.
Maness had what is called "primary repair" surgery on his ulnar collateral ligament Aug. 18 and signed a minor league deal with the Royals on Feb. 13. In four seasons with St. Louis, Maness went 17-10 with a 3.19 ERA in 244 relief appearances.
Kansas City selected the contracts of Maness and right-hander Al Alburquerque from Omaha on Wednesday, and optioned Jake Junis, who got the win in the Royals' 12-inning victory Tuesday, to the Pacific Coast League club.
Infielder Christian Colon and first baseman-outfielder Peter O'Brien were designated for assignment.
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