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Brandon Moss agrees to sign with Kansas City Royals
First baseman Brandon Moss has agreed to sign with the Kansas City Royals, according to ESPN's Jim Bowden and multiple reports.
Yahoo! Sports first reported that it will be a two-year deal for $12 million, and ESPN has confirmed the terms. The contract agreement is pending a physical, which is scheduled for this week.
The St. Louis Cardinals had preliminary discussions with Moss' agent about an extension during the 2016 season, but a massive September slump, in which he batted .084, shelved those talks. The Cardinals elected not to extend Moss a qualifying offer, which means signing him does not come at the sacrifice of a draft pick, adding to his appeal.
Moss has an all-or-nothing, pull-heavy swing that tends to produce prodigious power but also a large number of strikeouts.
He resurrected his career with the Oakland Athletics, who turned him into a first baseman and gave him every-day at-bats at a time Moss was considering going to play in Japan.
Moss, 33, batted .225 with 28 home runs and 67 RBIs last season. He is a career. 241 hitter.
Yahoo! Sports first reported that it will be a two-year deal for $12 million, and ESPN has confirmed the terms. The contract agreement is pending a physical, which is scheduled for this week.
The St. Louis Cardinals had preliminary discussions with Moss' agent about an extension during the 2016 season, but a massive September slump, in which he batted .084, shelved those talks. The Cardinals elected not to extend Moss a qualifying offer, which means signing him does not come at the sacrifice of a draft pick, adding to his appeal.
Moss has an all-or-nothing, pull-heavy swing that tends to produce prodigious power but also a large number of strikeouts.
He resurrected his career with the Oakland Athletics, who turned him into a first baseman and gave him every-day at-bats at a time Moss was considering going to play in Japan.
Moss, 33, batted .225 with 28 home runs and 67 RBIs last season. He is a career. 241 hitter.