Royals to non-tender Greg Holland

The Kansas City Royals will non-tender right-handed relief pitcher Greg Holland, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reported. 

The move will make Holland a free agent at the end of the offseason, where the Royals will be happy to consider a two-year deal with him, Heyman reported. 

This news does not come as a surprise. Since Holland tore his UCL in his elbow and will require Tommy John surgery and miss the entire 2016 season, it wouldn't make sense to give him a one-year deal in his final year of arbitration, as the Royals couldn't control him past next year anyway. 

However, if Holland returns to the Royals on a two-year pact, then the team would miss him for next season, but still get him back in the second year of his deal when he is fully recovered. 

The 29-year-old Holland went 3-2 with a 3.83 ERA and 3.27 FIP in 44 2/3 innings pitched this season, posting a 49 to 26 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He saved 32 games in 37 opportunities. The Royals' dominant closer has saved 125 games over the past three years. 

​--Devan Fink

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