The Kansas City Royals have their emergency backup catcher back for a second season. No Royals fan was counting on seeing Luke Maile for 25 games last season, but the 34-year-old acquitted himself well when called upon.
Former Cincinnati Reds catcher Luke Maile has agreed to a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals with an invitation to Spring Training. Maile appeared in 25 games for the Royals last season, slashing .244/.346/.356 with three extra-base hits.
It was a brief stay with the Kansas City Royals for this lifelong backup catcher. The Royals signed Luke Maile, who has played in parts of 10 big-league seasons, to a minor league deal before the season began.
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The Royals announced that right-hander Taylor Clarke has been reinstated from the paternity list. Catcher Luke Maile has been designated for assignment as the corresponding move.
The team that's able to generate some offense -- any offense -- might be in the best shape when the Kansas City Royals and host Baltimore Orioles meet in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon.
Thanks to left hip soreness, catcher/designated hitter Salvador Perez wasn't in the Kansas City Royals lineup on Friday night as a three-game series began against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards.
The nine-year MLB vet will provide catching depth. The Royals announced they have signed catcher Luke Maile to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training.
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Former Reds catcher Luke Maile signed a minor league contract with the Royals on Sunday. He's also getting an invite to spring training. Maile spent the past two seasons in Cincinnati with the Reds.
The Cincinnati Chapter Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) awards were announced on Wednesday afternoon. Elly De La Cruz was named the Ernie Lombardi Team MVP.
With the Blue Jays leading 10-2 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning yesterday against Cincinnati, the Reds decided to stop dipping into their pitching corps and put backup catcher Luke Maile on the mound to close out the contest.
Reds 3 @ Blue Jays 10 Carson Spiers was good hittin’, to use an old phrase. Blue Jays batters had an enjoyable evening at Rogers Centre feasting on the Reds’ starter who was left on the mound to surrender 10 runs (nine earned) on 13 hits over 4.1 innings.
The Cincinnati Reds activated catcher Luke Maile from the 10-day injured list on Friday. Maile, 33, has not played for Cincinnati since July 4 due to a herniated disc in his back.
The Cincinnati Reds selected the contracts of two former Los Angeles Dodgers from Triple-A Louisville on Friday afternoon. Catcher Luke Maile was placed on the 10-day injured list with a herniated disc in his back opening a spot on the roster for catcher Austin Wynns.
The Cincinnati Reds placed catcher Luke Maile on the injured list, while outfielder Jake Fraley went on the family medical emergency list Friday in advance of a series opener at home against the Detroit Tigers.
It's not every day that you see catchers practicing at other positions. Catchers Tyler Stephenson and Luke Maile were doing just that, as they were playing shortstop and flipping it to second.
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