Free-agent reliever Carlos Estévez has agreed to a cope with the Kansas Metropolis Royals, studies ESPN. It is a two-year contract price $20 million with a $13 million membership choice for a 3rd yr, in line with MLB.com. The workforce has not but introduced the signing. Estévez was our thirty fourth ranked free agent this offseason.

Estévez, 31, will be part of a Kansas Metropolis bullpen that has undergone a makeover since final summer time’s commerce deadline. He’ll pair up with deadline additions Lucas Erceg and Hunter Harvey within the late innings, and presumably take over because the workforce’s nearer. 

Supervisor Matt Quatraro can align his relievers alongside these traces:

Estévez, 31, was an All-Star as Angels nearer in 2023 and hung out closing for each the Angels and Phillies final season. Between the 2 stops, he saved 26 video games in 31 probabilities with a 2.45 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and 50 strikeouts in opposition to eight unintentional walks in 55 innings. He hasn’t been on the injured checklist since 2022 and hasn’t had any elbow or shoulder points since 2018, a relative miracle for a pitcher nowadays. 

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Although he was principally good since becoming a member of the Phillies in entrance of the commerce deadline, Estévez did have a high-profile failure to shut the season. He was the pitcher who got here in to face Francisco Lindor with the bases loaded and the season on the road, solely to permit a grand slam that ended up sending the Mets to the NLCS and the Phillies dwelling. 

Nonetheless, total, Estévez has the stuff to be among the finest closers in baseball in 2025 and certain just a few years after that. 

The Royals went 86-76 in 2024 and reached the postseason for the primary time since 2015.