The Kansas City Royals have acquired catcher Jason LaRue from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for a minor league player to be named, Royals Senior Vice President-Baseball Operations/General Manager Dayton Moore announced today. LaRue, 32, has been considered one of the best throwing catchers in baseball since his debut with the Reds in 1999. In his eight seasons, he has thrown out 36.9 percent (143-for-388) of attempted base stealers, fourth- best in baseball over that span. In 2001, he led all Major League catchers with a 60.3 caught-stealing percentage. He has served as Cincinnati?s primary catcher since the 2001 season and was the Reds longest tenured player prior to the trade. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound native of Houston, Texas, is a .239 career hitter with 84 home runs, 303 RBI, 127 doubles and 263 runs scored in 715 games.