Major League Baseball: Kansas City Royals
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired outfielder Jon Jay in a trade with the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday in exchange for two minor league pitchers.
With two outfielders on the DL, the 33-year-old Jay gives Arizona an experienced outfielder they desperately need.
A.J. Pollock is out with a fractured thumb, and Steven Souza Jr., with a right pectoral strain.
Jay is a career .290 hitter whos in his ninth year in the majors. He signed a one-year free agent contract with the Royals March 6. He was batting .307 with nine doubles, two triples, a homer and 28 runs scored with Kansas City this season.
Arizona sent Elvis Luciano and Gabe Speier to Kansas City. Luciano, 18, is a right-hander from Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic. The Diamondbacks will be his fifth team as a big-leaguer.
Speier is a 23-year-old left-hander whos in his sixth year in pro ball. Luciano will report to the Rookie League Burlington Royals, and Speier to Double-A Northwest Arkansas.
