Devon

Lowery

Lowery hasn’t appeared in the majors since 2008 and wasn’t any good back then. The 29-year-old right-hander seems doubtful to make it to Kansas City in 2013.

Kind of an odd choice, given the presence of some superior prospects at Omaha. Still, it makes sense that the Royals want to take a look at Lowery before they would have potentially lost him as a minor league free agent this winter. The 2001 14th-round pick will make his major league debut after posting a 2.12 ERA in 59 1/3 innings for Omaha, but he’s not very likely to make it as a middle reliever.

The Mike Jacobs acquisition guaranteed that Ka’aihue would return to the minors. He was 4-for-17 with five walks this spring. Lowery gets dropped even though he had pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings.