The Royals announced they have signed infielder Connor Kaiser to a minor league contract. The 28-year-old has spent 14 games in the big leagues with the Rockies and Diamondbacks and is a Kansas City-area native who graduated from Blue Valley West.

Kaiser was originally drafted by the Pirates in the third round of the 2018 draft out of Vanderbilt. He was released in 2022 and spent that season in the Padres organization, battling injuries much of the year. He joined the Rockies the next year and enjoyed his best minor league season in 2023, hitting .238/.353/.404 with nine home runs in 90 games, earning a brief three-game callup with the Rockies. He spent all of 2024 in Triple-A for them, and signed with the Diamondbacks for the 2025 season. He hit .236/.345/.406 with six home runs in 71 ga

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