The Royals have claimed Tommy Pham off waivers, The Athletic’s Katie Woo studies (X hyperlink). The Cardinals positioned Pham on irrevocable waivers on Thursday earlier than designating him for task yesterday to formally take away him from the lively roster.
Pham now joins his third group in a bit over a month, after going from the White Sox to the Cardinals as a part of a three-team commerce (additionally involving the Dodgers) again on the deadline. St. Louis hoped that Pham and right-hander Erick Fedde might enhance each the lineup and rotation heading into the playoff stretch, however no surge materialized, because the Cardinals have an 11-16 document in August. Pham himself offered little assist to the trigger, hitting .206/.286/.368 over 77 plate appearances throughout his temporary stint in a Playing cards uniform.
Since Pham each wished extra enjoying time and wished to hitch a contender, he mentioned the chance of a launch with the Cardinals, and that want has now been absolutely granted with the transfer to the Royals. From the Cardinals’ perspective, parting methods with Pham each created extra outfield enjoying time for Jordan Walker, and saved a little bit of payroll. Pham has roughly $480K remaining on his unique $3MM wage for the 2024 season, and Kansas Metropolis will now foot the remainder of that invoice.
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