Humberto Quintero was traded by the Houston Astros to the Kansas City Royals on March 20, 2012 along with Jason Bourgeois. In exchange the Astros receive minor league player Kevin Chapman and a player to be named later.
The trade was deemed necessary by the Royals due to the injury to catcher Savador Perez. Quintero will share time at catcher with Brayan Pena while Perez is out. He played the last seven seasons with the Astros and the two prior with the Padres. In 2011 he hit .240/.258/.317 with two home runs, 25 RBI, 22 runs and one steal in 79 games. For his career he has hit .234/.268/.321 with 15 home runs, 94 RBI, 80 runs and one steal in 379 games. On defense his career fielding percentage is .992 and he has thrown out 32% of attempted steals. He was originally signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in1997 out of Venezuela.
Bourgeois is an outfielder who played two seasons with the Astros after one with the Brewers and one with the White Sox. In 2011 he hit .294/.323/.357 with one home run, 16 RBI, 30 runs and 31 steals in 93 games. For his career he has hit .262/.307/.324 with two home runs, 22 RBI, 52 runs and 46 steals in 192 games. He was originally drafted by the Rangers in the second round in 2000.
Chapman is a LHP who split 2011 between Class A Advanced and Double A. He was 0-2 with a 4.84 ERA, 40 strikeouts, 1.39 ERA and 7 saves in 22.1 innings over 15 games at Class A Advanced and was 1-2 with a 4.99 ERA, 50 strikeouts, 1.46 WHIP and 3 saves in 39.2 innings over 25 games at Double A. He was originally drafted by the Royals in the fourth round in 2010.
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