Cavan Biggio playing utility role for the Royals this season

Biggio signed a minor-league contract with the Kansas City Royals a week ago, the left-handed-hitting utility player was designated for assignment by the Toronto Blue Jays in June 2024 and subsequently traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Dodgers later released Biggio in order to make room in the lineup for Freddie Freeman.

Biggio then signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants before he was traded to the Atlanta Braves.

It's been a strange spring for Biggo. The longtime Blue Jays infielder is hitting just .194 in his 46 plate appearances, but he's struck out only six times (13%) and drawn a whopping 11 walks (23.9%).

He's sitting on an oddball .194/.457/.355 line overall. Biggio has long been renowned for his patience at the plate, having drawn a walk in 13.5% of his career plate appearances in the majors.

Biggio's keen eye and the small-sample improvement in his contact skills - he's fanned in 32% of his plate appearances - coupled with his defensive versatility to put him in position for an Opening Day spot in Kansas City.

He can feasibly mix in at second base, third base and in the outfield corners.

The 29-year-old Biggio (30 in April) is looking for a rebound of his own. He's coming off an ugly .197/.314/.303 batting line (84 wRC+) in 224 plate appearances between the Jays, Dodgers and Braves last year.

He turned in a solid .235/.340/.370 line in 338 trips to the plate as recently as 2023 in Toronto.

Biggio started at first base in the Royals' first two games of the season while going 1-for-5 with a walk.

Vinnie Pasquantino has been limited to designated hitter duties thus far while he works his way back from a minor hamstring strain, and once he's cleared to return to his usual post at first base, Biggio could see his opportunities dry up.