Michael

Lorenzen

The deal was reported on January 7th and is now official. The 34-year-old had a 4.64 ERA in 141 2/3 innings last season and no longer has the groundball profile we’d like to see in a pitcher going to Colorado. This seems like a situation to avoid in fantasy leagues.

Although he wound up with a 4.64 ERA in 141 2/3 innings for the Royals last season, Lorenzen gets the second-highest salary of his career to go take on Coors Field. Unfortunately, he’s no longer the groundball pitcher he used to be — he’s been well below his career norm there three years running — but he’ll probably take some steps to change that while dealing with the game’s worst environment for pitchers. He’ll join Kyle Freeland and Chase Dollander as the sure things in the Colorado rotation. As is, it’s Tanner Gordon, Ryan Feltner and McCade Brown for the last two spots, but one imagines the Rockies will try to bring in at least one more veteran.

Lorenzen had a $12 million mutual option, but he will instead receive a $1.5 million buyout and enter free agency. The 33-year-old had a disappointing season, posting a 7-11 record with a 4.64 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, and 127 strikeouts in 141 2/3 innings. He will likely have multiple suitors on the free agent market and could be more impactful as a reliever.

Lorenzen gave up five hits, walked none and struck out nine. The 33-year-old right-hander hadn’t struck out more than seven batters in a start all year. Lorenzen finishes the season with a 7-11 record, 4.64 ERA, 1.33 WHIP and 127 strikeouts in 141 2/3 innings. He and the Royals have a mutual option for the 2026 season.

Lorenzen gave up three hits, walked three and struck out four. The win was his first since July 6 against the Diamondbacks. Lorenzen has a 4.70 ERA and 118/39 K/BB ratio in 136 innings this year. He’s lined up to face the Angels on the road next week.

Quatraro added that Bergert experienced forearm tightness during Wednesday’s bullpen session between starts and the club isn’t going to take any chances. It’ll be Michael Lorenzen taking the ball on Friday against the Blue Jays in his place. The 25-year-old righty posted a serviceable 4.43 ERA across 40 2/3 innings over eight starts after coming over from the Padres at the trade deadline.

It’s all the rage these days. With Ragans likely to be limited to roughly 70 pitches in his return from the injured list, it’ll be Lorenzen following him in a bulk relief outing to gobble up as many innings as possible. The 33-year-old veteran has plenty of experience pitching in relief and the move comes as little surprise after he was torched for six runs over four innings last Friday against the Phillies. He’ll likely remain in the bullpen for the rest of the season as a versatile swingman.

Ouch. Of the Phillies’ 10 hits off Lorenzen, six went for extra bases and they had eight total hard-hit balls out of 15 total in play. He hung far too many sliders and they made him pay for those mistakes. He’s scheduled to face the Mariners next time out.

Byron Buxton and Kody Clemens homered off him. In spite of an improved 23 percent strikeout rate, Lorenzen has a 4.74 ERA in five starts since coming off the injured list last month. The loss today leaves him 5-10 with a 4.63 ERA, though that’s kind of deceptive; the Royals have won all eight of his no-decisions, leaving them 13-10 in his starts. He’ll pitch in Philly next weekend.

The 33-year-old hurler punched out five opposing hitters on the night while allowing only one base on balls. He kept the Angels off the board through the first 5 2/3 innings until Jo Adell connected on a two-run blast to sink him in the sixth inning. Lorenzen got 11 swings and misses on 95 pitches on the night, registering a CSW of 27 percent. He’ll look to further improve upon his disappointing 4.54 ERA and 1.33 WHIP when he does battle against the Twins on Sunday.