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Royals send Davis to Cubs for Soler
- Updated: December 7, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Royals general manager Dayton Moore came to the Winter Meetings with a mission: Moore needed to cut payroll while still remaining competitive for a possible championship run in 2017.
Moore may have completed phase one of that process. The Royals have completed a trade that sends closer Wade Davis to the Cubs for outfielder Jorge Soler.
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The Royals will save about $6.4 million in payroll. Davis, a pending free agent after 2017, is set to make $10 million this season. Soler is due $3.6 million this season and is signed through ’20.
The Royals’ payroll had been expected to reach a franchise-record $145 million prior to the Davis deal.
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