The Kansas City Royals have seen their fair share of old friends find new homes or enter transactional limbo this offseason and Tuesday provided the latest example. In a similar fashion to his former Royals and Mariners teammate in Samad Taylor, Jackson Kowar also found himself designated for assignment by Seattle this week. The move comes after the Mariners needed to make space on their 40-man roster following their acquisition of depth catcher Jhonny Pereda from the Royals division rivals in Minnesota. After a series of mid-3.00s ERA showings in Kansas City's minor league ranks from 2018 to 2021, Kansas City gave him the call in 2021, and quite frankly it couldn't have gone worse. In nine appearances, eight of which were starts, Kowar tossed to an 11.27 ERA, 2.08 WHIP and .326 BAA across 30.1 innings.