{"id":90289,"date":"2024-11-22T21:39:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T02:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=90289"},"modified":"2024-11-22T21:39:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T02:39:21","slug":"royals-acquire-leadoff-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/11\/22\/royals-acquire-leadoff-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Acquire Leadoff Man And Outfielder From Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/11\/09\/matt-mclain-wants-to-remain-infielder\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">The Cincinnati Reds<\/a> have traded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/i\/indiajo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-11-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan India<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wiemejo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-11-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joey Wiemer<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/11\/19\/royals-trade-talk-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Kansas City Royals<\/a> in exchange for right-handed pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/singebr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-11-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brady Singer<\/a>. The Reds will be gaining a youthful right-hander at 28 years old who will be interesting to see perform. This trade was speculated earlier this week and was discussed on MLB Hot Stove by hosts Matt Vasgersian and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reynoha01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-11-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harold Reynolds<\/a>. India, who is just 27, recorded an impressive BB % that ranked 5th-best in MLB this past season. India also won the Rookie of the Year award in 2021 with the Reds while also being a former first-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking: The Royals have traded Brady Singer to the Reds for Jonathan India, source tells ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseRogersESPN\/status\/1860115655804223649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While India and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2018\/06\/03\/brady-singer-2018-mlb-draft-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Singer<\/a> are now on separate teams, they have a history together. They both attended the University of Florida, where they were teammates from 2016-2018. They flourished in college baseball, winning the World Series in 2017. In addition, they both could be chosen as first-round picks in 2018.<\/p>\n<h2>Royals Acquire Leadoff Man And Outfielder From Reds<\/h2>\n<h3>What India, Singer, And Weimer Will Offer<\/h3>\n<p>The Royals have bolstered their lineup and have acquired their leadoff man, setting the tone for the 2025 season. Since India joined the Reds in 2021, he has showcased leadership, moxie, and earnestness through strong efforts to be a positional player. While India is a second-baseman, he has experience in multiple positions. He can also play first, third, designated hitter, and left field. India will be missed in a Reds uniform, as he wore it with dignity.<\/p>\n<p>With his young age, India is not done showcasing his talent. Singer sported a 9-13 record with a 3.71 ERA along with 170 strikeouts across 179.2 innings pitched. Singer also has five years of experience in MLB and showcased a decent 2024 season overall. Looking at Wiemer, a 25-year-old outfielder who played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/17\/brewers-high-powered-offense\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> in 2023. He can provide potential as a former top-100 prospect. In addition, he could even possibly get the opportunity to play center field.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Reds have traded Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for right-handed pitcher Brady Singer. The Reds will be gaining a youthful right-hander at 28 years old who will be interesting to see perform. This trade was speculated earlier this week and was discussed on MLB Hot Stove [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4831,"featured_media":90304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,12],"tags":[2034,124,5323,3830,2005,507,1285],"class_list":["post-90289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-royals","tag-brady-singer","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-harold-reynolds","tag-joey-wiemer","tag-jonathan-india","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-nl-rookie-of-the-year"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}