Southpaw Lazar Returns to Royals Bullpen
GUELPH - The Guelph Royals Baseball Club is excited to announce the re-signing of left-handed pitcher Chris Lazar.
Lazar, 28, will pitch his first full season with the Royals in 2026 after joining the team midway through the season in 2025.
An IBL-champion in 2024 with the Barrie Baycats, Lazar had a 0.00 ERA in five appearances with the Royals a season ago before putting up a 4.15 ERA in the playoffs.
Lazar said he is coming back to get a ring.
"I'm really excited to be back with the Royals this season. Dino Roumel and Ryan Eakin believed in me at the lowest point of my baseball career and I’m forever grateful for Dino helping me fall in love with baseball again. I can’t think of a better way to repay him than to put a championship ring on his finger in 2026."
Royals assistant general manager Ryan Eakin said bringing back Lazar was a no-brainer.
"When we discussed all of our players at the end of the year as a management staff, I think we discussed Lazar for ten seconds. Bringing him back was the ultimate no-brainer. He is a lefty who competes, throws strikes, and has a ton of experience in this league. Between him and Kevin Escorcia, I love where we are at with our lefties out of the pen"