Last week, Ian Kennedy suffered a Grade 2 calf strain that will keep him out at least three weeks and possibly the remainder of the season. This was the last year of Kennedy’s long-term deal, and if this is it for Kennedy in a Royals uniform, he ends his Kansas City career with 163 games - 86 of them starts. He pitched in 546 2⁄3 innings with the Royals with a 4.48 ERA and 4.83 FIP and was worth 6.3 WAR, according to Baseball Reference and 3.9 WAR according to Fangraphs.
Ian Kennedy reached free agency for the first time a week after the Royals won the 2015 World Series.