Former KC Royals Utility Man is looking for a second chance with DiamondBacks – Kings of Kaufman

Gareth Hampson’s offensive production – or the lack of one – for Kansas City Royals is one of the 2024 season that many fans would prefer to forget. When the man of utilities joined the team with a year of $ 2 million last winter, he was coming out of one of the better offensive seasons in his career with Miami Marlins, but this sequence on the plate certainly does not move with him to Royals.

Hampson has now signed a secondary league deal with Arizona Diamond, according to a social media publication from the Triple-A, Reno Aces branch. The announcement-published on January 31, it also states that the Hampson deal includes a non-rostor invitation in the spring training of Major League, where the 30-year-old will try to buy after his hassle-free offensive campaign in 2024.

DiamondBacks signed former KC Royals Utility Man Garrett Hampson to Minor League Deal

After cutting the impressive line of .276/.349/.380 in 252 appearances on the plate with Marlins in 2023, Hampson was signed by Royals before the season 2024, but it did not even go near Kansas City. In 231 participations on the plates last year, the 30-year-old cut a disappointing .230/.275/.300 without home tracks and 16 RBI, noting the best career numbers both in the basis of the base and in delay.

Although she certainly didn’t offer much to Royals on the plate, Hampson provided exceptional flexibility for a player. The man of utilities played in each position, but a hunter in the regular season 2024, finishing 52 games in the central field, 28 in the left field, 24 on the second base, 8 on first base, 8 at short braking, 7 in the right field and 2 in third place base, while appearing in 22 games as a pinch, 6 as a pychic runner and even one as a pitcher.

His defense was Wellalso. In 2024, Hampson published 8 outs above average (OAA) to qualify in the 93rd Percentile of all qualified fields and field values ​​(FRV) from 8 to qualify in the 87th Perslentil. He is also one of the fastest players in MLB, with a baseball savant recording his best sprint speed at an impressive 29.8 feet per second to qualify in the top 1% of players.

Still, with Royals, who want to add offensive production to their field – as well as in their composition as a whole – there was no chance for Hampson to make another deal in Kansas City. He became a free agent at the end of the 2024 season and now joins the Diamondbacks organization.

In addition to another chance to be worthy of a place in the specialties, the new deal offers a collection of varieties for Hampson, as Asse Renault pointed out in its announcement for its signing.

Born and raised in Renault, Hampson was a Varsiti player at Renault High School, winning the North Nevada 4A Baseball Championship region in his region both in his junior and senior years. After graduating from high school, he was selected by Washington nationals in the 26th round of the MLB 2013 project, but decided to play baseball at College at Long Beach State University. Hampson returned to the MLB project in 2016 and was selected by Coloardo Rockies in the third round.