PT TODAY: Newly acquired Cabrera crowds OF in KC

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Royals | Melky Cabrera returns to KC
Kansas City Royals RHP A.J. Puckett and LHP Andre Davis were traded to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for OF Melky Cabrera and cash considerations on Sunday, July 30.  Source: MLBRosterMoves
 
BHQ take: Cabrera played for the Royals during the 2011 season (coincidentally, the last time he reached 20-game eligibility at CF), but at age 32, he is likely to spend most of his time in LF and DH, where LH batters Alex Gordon and Brandon Moss, respectively, are suffering through career-worst seasons at the plate. The switch-hitting Cabrera has virtually no platoon...

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