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. <br /> <br />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. <br /> <br />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. <br /> <br />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.
