{"id":2170574,"date":"2025-11-21T16:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2170574"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:03:20","slug":"former-lees-summit-west-star-pitcher-alex-lange-agrees-to-900k-deal-with-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/former-lees-summit-west-star-pitcher-alex-lange-agrees-to-900k-deal-with-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Lee\u2019s Summit West star pitcher Alex Lange agrees to $900K deal with Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Alex Lange agreed to a $900,000. one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals<\/a> on Thursday, two days after the 30-year-old right-hander was released by the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n

Lange can earn an additional $100,000 in performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 25 and 30 games.<\/p>\n

Lange was on the injured list from the start of the season because of a strained right lat muscle. He was activated Aug. 18, pitched one scoreless inning against Houston, then was optioned to Triple-A Toledo three days later and went 2-1 with a 4.63 ERA in 24 relief appearances for the Mud Hens.<\/p>\n

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Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Alex Lange reacts after his team’s win over the Houston Astros in a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo\/Ryan Sun)<\/span>(Ryan Sun | AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He was 15-15 with a 3.70 ERA and 29 saves in five seasons with the Tigers.<\/p>\n

Lange was the 2013-14 Gatorade Missouri Baseball Player of the Year in his final year at Lee\u2019s Summit West High School. He posted a 6-0 record through 30 games with a 1.12 ERA and 64 strikeouts in 40 innings. He also compiled a .420 batting average with a home run, 17 RBI and a .531 on-base percentage, according to a release.<\/p>\n

Lange attended LSU and was a first-round selection by the Chicago Cubs in the 2017 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n

Kansas City also agreed to a one-year contract with right-hander James McArthur. He was on track to be eligible for salary arbitration if tendered a contract by Friday\u2019s deadline.<\/p>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.kctv5.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Alex Lange agreed to a $900,000. one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, two days after the 30-year-old right-hander was released by the Detroit Tigers. Lange can earn an additional $100,000 in performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 25 and 30 games. Lange was on the injured list from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[416711,345193,345673,43627,417025,399977,417021,417023,417022,417024],"class_list":["post-2170574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-royalty","tag-alex-lange","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-james-mcarthur","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-lees-summit-west","tag-newsbreak-app","tag-pitcher","tag-reliever","tag-right-handed","tag-starter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2170574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2170575,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170574\/revisions\/2170575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2170574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2170574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2170574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}