{"id":2946,"date":"2017-01-03T21:17:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T02:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=2946"},"modified":"2017-01-03T22:40:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T03:40:12","slug":"peter-obrien-dealt-to-royals-in-minor-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/01\/03\/peter-obrien-dealt-to-royals-in-minor-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter O&#8217;Brien Dealt to Kansas City Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals announced on Tuesday that the club had acquired outfielder <strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/obriepe01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter O&#8217;Brien<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for pitcher <strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.cgi?id=lewis-002sam&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Lewis<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>. The Royals trade for O\u2019Brien comes roughly a month after they picked up <strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/solerjo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jorge Soler<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> from the Cubs in exchange for closer <strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/daviswa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wade Davis<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Royals have acquired OF Peter O&#8217;Brien from Arizona for minor-league pitcher Sam Lewis. O&#8217;Brien appeared in 28 games for Arizona in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rustin Dodd (@rustindodd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rustindodd\/status\/816416653420494848\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Peter O&#8217;Brien Dealt to Kansas City Royals<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Lewis split the past season between Rookie Ball in Idaho Falls, Single-A Lexington, and High-A Wilmington. The 25 year-old right-hander posted a cumulative\u00a01.62 ERA with a 39\/7 K\/BB ratio in 44 1\/3 innings\u00a0over three starts and 17 relief appearances. Lewis doesn&#8217;t\u00a0appear to be anything more than an organizational player, or at best, a reliever.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Brien will be added to the Royals roster after being DFA&#8217;d by the Diamondbacks last month. The 26 year-old began his professional career as a catcher but was shifted to third base, then\u00a0to corner outfield and first base. He appeared in 28 major league games last season but spent the majority of his career in Triple-A.\u00a0He hit .254\/.295\/.505 with 24 home runs and 75 RBI in 406 at-bats.<\/p>\n<p>The former second-round pick\u00a0is expected to\u00a0compete for a spot on the Opening Day roster, but\u00a0will most likely\u00a0end up beginning 2017 at the Triple-A level. The Royals get a strong lottery ticket in O&#8217;Brien, who was ranked seventh\u00a0among Diamondbacks&#8217; prospects at the time of the DFA.<\/p>\n<p>While the defense and strikeouts are a cause for concern, the power is absolutely there.\u00a0The\u00a0outfielder\u00a0has 25-plus home run potential. Kansas City is a great landing spot for the youngster since\u00a0the Royals watched designated hitter\u00a0<strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/moralke01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kendrys Morales<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0leave for Toronto earlier this off-season.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/619424086\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/619424086?et=_uXjwUPIRcFSbxexHfSuqg&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=zBDQph10G64hC9Sp4gZkzGdyjqXIOzM4G47_ZDtIVi8=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals announced on Tuesday that the club had acquired outfielder Peter O&#8217;Brien from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for pitcher Sam Lewis. The Royals trade for O\u2019Brien comes roughly a month after they picked up Jorge Soler from the Cubs in exchange for closer Wade Davis. 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