The Kansas City Royals selected the contract of outfielder Dairon Blanco from Triple-A Omaha on Monday.
The Royals designated Jackie Bradley for assignment and called up Blanco to replace him. Blanco will start in left field and hit ninth in Monday's series opener against right-hander Luke Weaver and the Cincinnati Reds. Drew Waters and MJ Melendez will be in the other two outfield spots again for Kansas City on Monday.
Blanco slashed a sizzling .347/.444/.451 with 3 homers, a triple, 7 doubles, 19 RBI, 47 steals, and 37 runs scored across 208 plate appearances in 49 games for Triple-A Omaha this season. Per numberFire's MLB Heat Map, the Royals' implied total is 4.32 and the game total is 8.5. Weaver has a 6.28 ERA, but a 4.51 xERA indicates some potential bad luck so far this season. The 29-year-old right-hander also has a 44.9% hard-hit rate, 22.3% strikeout rate, and career-best 5.3% walk rate.
Source: Baseball Press