KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Veteran infielder Omar Infante cleared waivers Thursday and became a free agent.
Infante was designated for assignment June 15 by the Kansas City Royals, who chose to pay him the nearly $14 million remaining on his contract rather than let him ride the bench as a utility player.
Infante spent his first six seasons in Detroit. He later played for Atlanta, earning an All-Star nod with the Braves in 2010, and briefly spent time in Miami before returning to the Tigers for two more seasons.
But after signing with Kansas City, the career .