The Royals have signed left-handed reliever Jake Diekma

Dayton continues to add depth to the bullpen"n to a one-year deal with a mutual option for 2020. Diekman will earn $2.25 million this year http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-giancarlo-stanton-jersey , with a $500,000 buyout on the option, according to MLB.com reporter Jeffrey Flanagan. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Royals placed pitcher Jesse Hahn on the 60-day disabled list. He is expected to be out until June after UCL surgery last year.The 32-year old Diekman hails from Wymore, Nebraska and attended Cloud County Community College in Concordia, Kansas. He has pitched seven years in the big leagues with the Phillies, Rangers Aaron Judge Jersey , and Diamondbacks, with a 3.75 ERA and 383 strikeouts in 312 innings. His numbers went into the tank last year after he was traded to the Diamondbacks, and he posted a 4.73 REA overall with 66 strikeouts in 53 1鈦? innings with 5.2 walks-per-nine innings, his highest rate since his rookie season. Two years ago, Diekman suffered a bout of ulcerative colitis that required a colectomy and the removal of his entire colon.Diekman has not had a huge platoon split in his career, and was actually much worse against left-handed hitters last year. They hit .329/.443/.438 against him in 88 plate apparances, compared to .191/.303/.321 for right-handed hitters. He joins a bullpen that already has left-handed relievers Tim Hill Gleyber Torres Jersey , Brian Flynn, and potentially prospect Richard Lovelady.Dayton Moore was reportedly looking for “bargain” relievers, with potential interest in Drew Storen. The signing brings the total number of players in camp to 62. The Sherriff hopes to restore order to his 1st batter efficiency"If familiar with this series go ahead and skip to poll. If not, please read on.This series of articles will run from now until shortly before opening day. The purpose is to crowd source the D-Backs fans of this website to get a sense of how they feel about the prospects of each individual player on the 40 man roster. For this exercise I will only be using rate (average) stats and poll the readers on their sense of direction for that player’s level of basic performance, regardless of playing time expectations.I’m not including defense and base running, so no WAR here, as that is playing time dependent. You will be given two poll options:The player will either exceed the projection or under perform the projection by 5% for hitters OPS or 10% for pitchers ERA/FIP.There is no middle option to vote on. (Otherwise the majority of votes would end up agreeing with the projection).What I am looking for is if you are forced to indicate your sense of direction for the player Tyler Austin Jersey , is it well over or under the projection?Other Points of note:Projections are the average of Steamer and ZIPS projections.(Click through for original tables)The projections draw on 3 or 4 year samples, weighting most recent seasons the heaviest, but I’m just showing 2018 and career statsin mini table below for simplicityThe player’s name is high lighted with a link to the player’s Baseball-Reference page.Click on that to see more player history and detailAge is the 2019 player age.Polls will run until mid March, so if you miss a player,you can go to the story stream box on the front page andfind a player you might have missed .Please let us know in the comments section your thoughts behind your vote. Thanks !CONTEXT ANDREW CHAFINAge29Andrew Chafin has a projection for 3.48 ERA/3.53 FIP.Is he likely to come in Over or Under?