Royals demote Terrance Gore, promote Reymond Fuentes

The Royals have announced they have demoted outfielder Terrance Gore back to AA Northwest Arkansas and promoted outfielder Reymond Fuentes from AAA Omaha. The 24-year old Fuentes is a left-handed hitting outfielder acquired from the Padres this past off-season in a trade for pitcher Kyle Bartsch. Gore did not appear in a game after being promoted on Wednesday to replace the injured Alex Rios.

The left-handed hitting Fuentes was once a top prospect for the Red Sox before being dealt to San Diego in the Adrian Gonzalez trade. The former first-round pick is a .277/.348/.379 career hitter in the minors with 33 plate appearances in the big leagues with San Diego in 2013. He was hitting .444/.524/.500 in six games with Omaha. Fuentes does not have much power, but has great speed, stealing 189 bases in just over six minor league seasons.