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KC Royals: Club’s latest signing is a head-scratcher

(Mandatory Credit: Jennifer Buchanan-USA TODAY Sports)

The KC Royals signed another pitcher this week. Why is a bit of a mystery.

From a distance, he bears a certain resemblance to KC Royals pitcher Wade Davis. There’s the beard, and the fact he’s a righthander.

And he has some things in common with Davis—he’s a starter turned reliever, a former Chicago Cub, and now a Kansas City pitching reclamation project.

But why the Royals signed Eddie Butler earlier this week (a day after bringing back Alcides Escobar) can’t be explained as easily as their offseason reacquisition of Davis, if it can be explained at all.