SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Royals reached one-year contract agreements Saturday with four more players: first baseman Eric Hosmer, third baseman Mike Moustakas, center fielder Lorenzo Cain and right-handed pitcher Luis Mendoza.
Hosmer, Moustakas and Cain are projected starters, while Mendoza, who is out of options, is in line for a long look this spring to win a job in the rotation or bullpen.All four players have less than three years of major-league service, which meant they had no negotiating leverage. The Royals now have just seven unsigned players on their 40-man roster, all of whom have less than three years of service time.Hosmer, 22, received $502,500 after batting .293 with 19 homers and 78 RBIs in 128 games following his May 6 promotion from Class AAA Omaha.Moustakas, 23, got $487,250 after batting .263 with five homers and 30 RBIs in 89 games following his June 10 arrival from Omaha.Cain, 25, got $480,850 after spending nearly all of last season at Omaha after coming to the Royals in a Dec. 19, 2010, trade with Milwaukee. He became the projected starter in center field following the off-season deal that sent Melky Cabrera to San Francisco.Mendoza, 28, received $488,925 after resurrecting his career last season by going 12-5 at Omaha while leading the Pacific Coast League with a 2.18 ERA. He also won two starts for the Royals following a late-season promotion.The major-league minimum salary jumps this season to $480,000 from $414,000 under provisions of the new labor agreement.Still unsigned: pitchers Louis Coleman, Danny Duffy, Greg Holland and Vin Mazzaro; catcher Sal Perez; and infielders Alcides Escobar and Johnny Giavotella.The Royals begin official spring workouts Tuesday for pitchers and catchers at their year-round complex. The first full-squad workout is next Saturday.Read more Royals
Posted on Sat, Feb. 18, 2012 09:58 AM
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Hosmer and Moustakas among Royals’ latest one-year signings
The Royals' Eric Hosmer caught a ball during an unofficial workout at spring training Friday in Surprise, Ariz.
Royals salaries for 40-man roster
($60,795,875 for 33 players)
• DH/1B Billy Butler: $8 million
• OF Jeff Francoeur: $6.75 million
• RHP Joakim Soria: $6 million
• LHP Jonathan Sanchez: $5.6 million
• OF Alex Gordon: $4.775 million
• LHP Bruce Chen: $4.5 million
• RHP Jonathan Broxton: $4 million
• RHP Luke Hochevar: $3.51 million
• INF Yuniesky Betancourt: $2 million
• RHP Felipe Paulino: $1.9 million
• RHP Aaron Crow: $1.1 million
• INF Chris Getz: $967,500
• LHP Jose Mijares: $925,000
• C Brayan Peña: $875,000
• OF Mitch Maier: $865,000
• LHP Noel Arguelles: $750,000
• 1B Eric Hosmer: $502,500
• RHP Blake Wood: $502,000
• LHP Tim Collins: $495,725
• RHP Sean O’Sullivan: $493,500
• RHP Nate Adcock: $493,200
• RHP Luis Mendoza: $488,925
• LHP Everett Teaford: $488,000
• 3B Mike Moustakas: $487,250
• OF Jarrod Dyson: $483,625
• RHP Jeremy Jeffress: $481,725
• OF Lorenzo Cain: $480,850
• RHP Kelvin Herrera: $480,650
• C Manny Piña: $480,425
• OF David Lough: $480,000
• 1B/DH Clint Robinson: $480,000
• OF Derrick Robinson: $480,000
• LHP Ryan Verdugo: $480,000
• Seven players remain unsigned: RHP Louis Coleman, LHP Danny Duffy, SS Alcides Escobar, 2B Johnny Giavotella, RHP Greg Holland, RHP Vin Mazzaro and C Sal Perez.
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