Who Is Luis Mendoza?: Kansas City Royals Management Puzzles with Bullpen Move

Posted: 14th April 2010 by Ben Cook in MLB
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On April 2, we saw one of the Kansas City Royals' final bullpen spots get handed out to a young pitcher who has little service time. Luis Mendoza, literally hours before the Royals and the Rangers were about to play the first of two final exhibition games in Arlington to close out spring training, packed up his things with Texas and walked to the visiting team's locker room, suiting up for the Royals that night.

Mendoza, who is out of options, had to make the Royals or be put through waivers before he could be sent to the minors. Basically, he was in Anthony Lerew's situation. Lerew cleared waivers and was sent to AA Northwest Arkansas. So with the solution set, why did Dayton Moore make this move for Mendoza? Because he has an arm and good stuff on his pitches. His fastball runs ...

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