Dallas Keuchel is trying to keep his career alive, signing with the Royals as they look to build more rotation depth heading into the second half of the season.

The Kansas City Royals signed Starting Pitcher Dallas Keuchel to a minor league contract on Wednesday morning. He held a workout last week and will report to Kansas City’s AAA affiliate.

If Dallas Keuchel makes it to the big leagues with the Kansas City Royals, it will be his seventh different big league team since leaving the Astros in 2019.

Salvador Perez homered twice, Jac Caglianone hit the longest measured homer by a Royals rookie, and Kansas City beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep. Perez broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning with his longball off Isaac Mattson (2-1).

Salvador Perez hits two home runs to help power the Royals past the Pirates.

Salvador Perez’s eighth-inning home run off Isaac Mattson handed the Pittsburgh Pirates their sixth straight loss after falling 4-3 to the Kansas City Royals at Kaufman Stadium on Wednesday night.

Nick Loftin hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning, then won it in the ninth with a one-out RBI single as the Kansas City Royals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3

Pittsburgh is 0-5 on its current road trip after going 6-0 on their last homestand prior to the All-Star break.