The Kansas City Royals have acquired starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen from the Texas Rangers in exchange for left-handed reliever Walter Pennington, the Royals announced on Monday.
Lorenzen, who was 5-6 with a 3.81 ERA in 18 starts for the Rangers, signed a one-year deal with Texas in late March after his free-agent market failed to materialize earlier in the offseason. With the looming returns of injured pitchers Cody Bradford, Dane Dunning, Tyler Mahle and Jacob deGrom expected to reinforce the Rangers’ rotation, Lorenzen became expendable.
Pennington, 26, made his major-league debut earlier this month, pitching 2/3 of an inning against the Colorado Rockies before returning to Triple-A Omaha, where he has amassed a 6-3 record with a 2.26 ERA over 59.2 innings in 37 appearances.
Lorenzen, who was an All-Star for the Detroit Tigers before being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies at the 2023 trade deadline, now finds himself on his fourth team in the past calendar year. Lorenzen threw a no-hitter in his second start for the Phillies last season, but finished the season coming out of the team’s bullpen.
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