Herrera Agrees to One Year Contract with the Kansas City Royals

Kelvin Herrera has agreed to a Royal deal…

The 27-year-old Dominican professional baseball pitcher and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to terms on a one-year contract, avoiding salary arbitration with the hard-throwing right-hander.

Kelvin Herrera

The Royals announced the deal on Friday but didn’t disclose financial terms.

According to multiple reports, the sides settled at $5.325 million to avoid arbitration.

Herrera, who is slated to be Kansas City’s closer this season, tweeted that he and the Royals decided to “put our differences aside.”

Herrera is assuming the closer job after the Royals traded Wade Davis to the Chicago Cubs this offseason. He went 2-6 with a 2.75 ERA and 12 saves last season, his sixth with the Royals.

Herrera has a 2.63 ERA in 351 career relief appearances for Kansas City, which has signed all of its arbitration-eligible players.

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