Now that Alex Gordon is back in the fold, the Kansas City Royals can now look to address their need for starting pitching. As it stands, the expected rotation of Yordano Ventura, Edinson Volquez, Danny Duffy, Kris Medlen and Chris Young is solid enough, and could replicate last year’s production. However, it is understandable that the Royals would want to add to this rotation.
While they have been linked to various free agents, there has not been a lot of talk about internal options to fortify the starters Kyle Zimmer has been mentioned as a possibility for the rotation at some point, but he may well be on an innings limit, given his injury history.