The night Glenn Sparkman dominated

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Glenn Sparkman was officially released by the Royals on Monday, bringing to a close his second stint with the organization. It is kind of ironic he was removed from the Royals’ 40-man roster to make room for players the club intended to protect from next month’s Rule 5 draft. After all, Sparkman was left unprotected for the Rule 5 draft in 2016 and was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays. His time north of the border wasn’t anything of note. After spending the first part of the season on the DL, he threw a pair of outings for the Jays. One of one of those appearances could be described as wobbly. The other was a total disaster. It was after that latter turn on the mound he was returned to the Royals.

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