MLB Roundup 12/1: Michael Taylor signs with the Royals

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Michael Taylor signs with the Royals

Before Monday, only starting pitchers had been signed to major-league deals in this slow-moving offseason. That trend changed yesterday morning, though, as Kansas City signed the first position player of the offseason, inking former National outfielder Michael Taylor to a one-year deal.

This is certainly not any sort of blockbuster signing, as Taylor carries almost all of his value at this point in his glove and his legs. While he did have one above-average season at the plate when he posted a 104 wRC+ in 2017, but in the other five seasons in his six-year career (not counting a cup of coffee in 2014) his highest mark is…