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Rays agree to send James Shields to Royals in trade
By Matt Snyder | Senior Blogger
December 9, 2012 10:50 pm ET
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Shields heads to Kansas City, giving the Royals much needed rotation help. (Getty Images)
The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a trade that will send All-Star starting pitcher James Shields to the Royals, CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman is reporting. More details are forthcoming, as there are bound to be several players involved.
Shields, 30, was 15-10 with a 3.52 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 223 strikeouts in 227 2/3 innings pitched last season for the Rays. He is only one year removed from finishing third in AL Cy Young voting, as he had a huge 2011 campaign.
Shields now slides neatly atop the Royals' starting rotation, ahead the likes of Jeremy Guthrie, Ervin Santana and Bruce Chen.
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