The Royals announced they have called up pitcher Austin Cox and optioned pitcher Jose Cuas to Triple-A Omaha. To make room on the 40-man roster for Cox, the team transferred Kris Bubic to the 60-day Injured List. Bubic needs Tommy John surgery and is likely out for the year.
Cox is a 26-year old left-hander who was selected out of Mercer College in the fifth round of the 2018 draft. He had a 4.21 ERA in 147 1⁄3 innings last year for Omaha, but improved his low strikeout rate significantly over his first five outings with a 2.21 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 20 1⁄3 innings. In 2022, Fangraphs wrote that Cox had a low 90s fastball and “pared his repertoire down to three offerings, having all but…
