{"id":2428633,"date":"2026-05-22T21:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2428633"},"modified":"2026-05-22T21:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:23:13","slug":"royals-sign-braves-1-98-era-world-series-champion-reliever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-sign-braves-1-98-era-world-series-champion-reliever\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals sign Braves 1.98 ERA World Series champion reliever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\/news\/royals-sign-braves-198-era-world-series-champion-reliever\/eca4cd7b9b069a3b00763361?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Royals sign Braves 1.98 ERA World Series champion reliever;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Royals sign Braves 1.98 ERA World Series champion reliever&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Royals sign Braves 1.98 ERA World Series champion reliever<\/a> originally appeared on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Sporting News&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Preferred Source by clicking here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kansas City Royals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kansas City Royals&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Kansas City Royals<\/a> have signed a veteran reliever.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"bodyad-wrapper hidden\" id=\"sda-body\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-ads\" id=\"sda-bodysda\">\n<div class=\"responsive-sda\" id=\"_R_33gudcaanpfiv65bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_33gudcaanpfiv65bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_33gudcaanpfiv65bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 34-year-old posted a 1.98 ERA in 63.2 innings with the World Series champion <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/atlanta-braves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Atlanta Braves;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Atlanta Braves&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Atlanta Braves<\/a> in 2021 and opted out of a deal with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/new-york-mets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Mets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New York Mets&quot;}\" class=\"link \">New York Mets<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>According to an announcement made by the AL Central club, right-hander Luke Jackson has signed a minor league contract with the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson was left unsigned during spring training and did not pitch in a game until the first week of April with the Mets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not too long ago, he was an important leverage arm in the big leagues. With Atlanta in 2021, he posted a 1.98 ERA and recorded 31 holds,&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/05\/royals-sign-luke-jackson-genesis-cabrera-to-minor-league-deals.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Darragh McDonald of MLB Trade Rumors wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Darragh McDonald of MLB Trade Rumors wrote&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Darragh McDonald of MLB Trade Rumors wrote<\/a> Friday. &#8220;He then made 11 postseason appearances to help Atlanta win that year\u2019s World Series.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"bodyad-wrapper hidden\" id=\"sda-body\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-ads\" id=\"sda-bodysda\">\n<div class=\"responsive-sda\" id=\"_R_38gudcaanpfiv65bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_38gudcaanpfiv65bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_38gudcaanpfiv65bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>MORE<\/strong>:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/chicago-white-sox\/news\/white-sox-receive-trade-deadline-projection-fans-wont-hear\/1ed88e5ac13a45fc3b64113b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ex-MLB GM projects White Sox to sell at trade deadline despite 2026 success;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ex-MLB GM projects White Sox to sell at trade deadline despite 2026 success&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Ex-MLB GM projects White Sox to sell at trade deadline despite 2026 success<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jackson has pitched for five different clubs since the start of the 2024 season, ending last year with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/seattle-mariners\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Seattle Mariners;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Seattle Mariners&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Seattle Mariners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, he posted a 4.06 ERA with just 38 strikeouts in 51 innings.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">More MLB news:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royals sign Braves 1.98 ERA World Series champion reliever originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Kansas City Royals have signed a veteran reliever. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The 34-year-old posted a 1.98 ERA in 63.2 innings with the World Series champion Atlanta Braves in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2428634,"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":[350142,344503,43627,409373,359346,311257,341113,326780,329003,311745,313160],"class_list":["post-2428633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-aaron-judge","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-luke-jackson","tag-minor-league-contract","tag-new-york-mets","tag-red-sox","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-white-sox","tag-world-series","tag-yankees"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Royals-sign-Braves-198-ERA-World-Series-champion-reliever.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428633","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=2428633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428635,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428633\/revisions\/2428635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2428634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}