Royals Sign Travis Wood.

       Wednesday February 15th the Kansas City Royals and 30 year old LHP Travis Wood agree to a 2-year deal with a mutual option for a 3rd year in 2019. In a corresponding move, Royals place LHP Bryan Flynn (stable lumbar vertebral fracture) on 60-day DL.

   
      Wood is expected to compete for a spot on the rotation for the Royals. Last year Wood only pitched 61 innings with a era of 2.95 and a record of 4-0 with the Chicago Cubs.

Braves acquire 2B Brandon Phillips

The Braves acquired 2B Brandon Phillips from the Reds in exchange for minor league pitchers Andrew McKirahan and Carlos Portuondo. Phillips will wear uniform No.4 for the Braves.

Phillips, 35, is signed through the 2017 season. The Atlanta-area native owns a .275 career batting average and stands 137 hits shy of 2,000 career hits, with 334 doubles and 197 home runs over 15 major league seasons.

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Royals Get Hammel

Royals and RHP Jason Hammel has agreed on a 2-year $16 million contract with a mutual option for the 3rd year pending physical. Ken Rosenthal has reported but club has not yet confirmed. #RaisedRoyal #RoyalNoah

Royals, Herrera Avoid Arbitration

Royals sign RHP Kelvin Herrera to a 1-year deal to avoid arbitration. He will make $5.325 million and a $50 thousand bonus if he is elected to the all star team. Royals GM Dayton Moore has still never gone to arbitration. #ForeverRoyal #RoyalNoah