The Kansas City Royals’ rotation is a disaster. There’s really no way to sugar coat that fact. Guys like Glenn Sparkman, Jorge Lopez, and Eric Skoglund (to some extent) were given a long look to know that they will not be part of the future rotation. A rotation that will one day likely include names like Brady Singer, Jackson Kowar, Kris Bubic, and potentially others.
The team has something in Brad Keller who showed flashes of being brilliant this season. In his first full season as a starter, Keller displayed a vanishing slider that produced a 30 percent whiff rate and 0.