The Kansas City Royals have stirred up their roster in the last 48 hours. The recently released Raul Ibanez of the Los Angeles Angels was signed by the Royals to improve their bench. Along with acquiring Ibanez, the Royals recalled utility infielder Christian Colon. Colon is able to man second base, third base, and shortstop. In order for acquisition and recalls to work, some negatives have to occur. Outfielder Justin Maxwell and infielder Pedro Ciriaco were designated for assignment. Both players have cleared waivers once this season.
Someone please explain to me why you'd sign a 42-year old player for the bench and bring up a utility infielder in exchange for designating two guys that already can do the same role. Bringing up Colon doesn't make any sense. You have a second baseman, Omar Infante, whom you just signed to a four-year deal. Granted, if anything were to happen, he would be insurance. But you also have a Gold Glove deserving shortstop and a platoon at third base between Moustakas and Valencia. So where would you put Colon? You already had Ciriaco and Maxwell doing the same thing. They just weren't given enough at-bats to perform to their expectations. What if the Ibanez move doesn't pay off? What if he doesn't deliver off the bench.
2014 Stats
Justin Maxwell - .150 BA (6-for-40), 4 R, 1 2B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 20 SO, 0 SB, .397 OPS
Pedro Ciriaco - .213 BA (10-for-47), 7 R, 2 2B, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 9 SO, 4 SB, .484 OPS
Christian Colon (AAA) - .296 BA (87-for-294), 48 R, 14 2B, 4 HR, 37 RBI, 28 BB, 25 SO, 14 SB, .744 OPS
Raul Ibanez - .157 BA (26-for-166), 16 R, 5 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 21 RBI, 23 BB, 43 SO, 3 SB, .523 OPS
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