{"id":3728,"date":"2017-02-13T17:56:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T22:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=3728"},"modified":"2017-02-13T17:57:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T22:57:17","slug":"travis-wood-signs-with-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/02\/13\/travis-wood-signs-with-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Wood Signs With Kansas City Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick, it looks like Travis Wood<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> will be joining Jason Hammel<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> in Kansas City. Jon Heyman reported that it will be a two-year deal.<\/p>\n

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Travis Wood is signing with the #royals<\/a>, source says.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) February 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Travis Wood Signs With Kansas City Royals<\/h2>\n

The 30 year-old has spent the last five seasons with the Cubs after spending his first two MLB seasons with the Cincinnati Reds. A former full-time starter who has spent much of the last two seasons in the Cubs bullpen, Wood is coming off a season in which he made no starts\u00a0for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n

Although his permanent move to the bullpen in 2015 supported taking his performance to another level, Wood is expected to compete for in the Royals starting rotation. As a reliever, he pitched 124 innings with a 2.83 ERA. As a starter, in 776 innings, he has recorded a 4.19 ERA\u00a0with a .725 OPS.<\/p>\n

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Travis Wood is expected to compete for a spot in #royals<\/a> starting rotation, according to source.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) February 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His stats do point to a reliever role making more sense, but his history as a starter and versatility in the back of the rotation could prove to be just what the Royals need to bolster their overall starting pitching.<\/p>\n

The left-hander is the third Chicago Cub to\u00a0join\u00a0Kansas City\u00a0this off-season, along with outfielder Jorge Soler<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> and starting pitcher Jason Hammel. Perhaps this is a sign that the Royals are determined to get back to their winning ways in 2017. They missed the playoffs last year after two straight World Series appearances.<\/p>\n

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