KANSAS CITY, Mo – Relief Wade Davis returns to the Royals, the team he helped win the 2015 World Series title.
Royals and Davis agreed a contract with the minor leagues on Wednesday, and the 35-year-old right-back will go to spring training to try to win a place in the major leagues.
Davis is a three-time All-Star who had 47 saves for the Royals from 2013 to 2016. Kansas City acquired him from Tampa Bay in December 2012, turned him into a full-time reliever in 2013 and traded him in. Chicago Cubs after the 2016 season. He launched the 2015 World Series final against the New York Mets, throwing a third offense after Wilmer Flores.
He spent a season in Chicago, signing a four-year, $ 12.6 million, three-option contract that totaled $ 35.1 million in salary. He then signed a three-year, $ 52 million contract with the Colorado Rockies.
Davis recorded a maximum of 43 saves in the National League in 2018 and 15 in 2019, then made only five appearances with two saves during last year’s shortened pandemic season, when his ERA reached 20.77. The Rockies released him in September.
He has 139 saves in 12 major league seasons, reaching 63-52 with an ERA of 3.81. He is 4-0 with eight saves from over 30 games in the postseason game.