Royals acquire Johnny Cueto, send three left handers to Reds: The Cincinnati Reds have traded ace Johnny Cueto to the Kansas City Royals on Sunday, the teams confirmed.
The Royals also received cash considerations in the deal, which saw Kansas City send left-handers Brandon Finnegan, John Lamb and Cody Reed to Cincinnati.
Cueto, 29, is 7-6 with a 2.62 ERA this season. He is coming off a 5-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night in which he threw eight shutout innings and allowed four hits.
Cueto joins a Royals team that entered Sunday leading the American League Central by 6.5 games. But the Kansas City rotation could use a boost with right-hander Yordano Ventura struggling and lefty Jason Vargas landing on the disabled list again last week, this time with a torn ulnar ligament in his left elbow.
