Royals Sign Francisco Pena

[Johnnydollaz89]

The Royals signed catcher Francisco Pena to a Major League contract, adding him to their 40-man roster, reports MLB.com's Dick Kaegel. Pena, who had been a six-year minor league free agent, is represented by the Kinzer Management Group (per MLBTR's Agency Database).
Pena, the son of former Royals manager and current Yankees bench coach Tony Pena, spent the past six seasons in the Mets organization. He has yet to reach the Majors, but competition for his services must have been strong enough to warrant the MLB deal. The 24-year-old split 89 games between Triple-A Las Vegas and Double-A Binghamton in 2013 posting a .254/.300/.429 slash line in 315 plate appearances while also throwing out 30% of runners attempting to steal. Pena will battle Brett Hayes and George Kottaras to win the backup job to Salvador Perez.

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This guy will turn into a stud because my Mets let him get away. lol

 

[da55bums]

not sure, his brother didn't work out for us and his dad had to leave town after getting caught sleeping with his neighbors wife....not too excited about another Pena saga in KC.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Because Kottaras is so awful, he is a liability at te plate! Walks are for wussies! Ugh, we have one of the better backups out there and dump him for AAA fodder.

Edit: atleast that is what it looks like. No way in heck should Kottaras lose his job objectively so long as the $ isn't out of reasonability.

 

[da55bums]

think they resigned Kot to a minor league deal.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

think they resigned Kot to a minor league deal.

But why the hell does this bum Pena get a major league contract? Kottaras was one of the better backups in the league; why do we need Pena?