Kelvin Herrera has been pulled as the Royals’ closer role, at least temporarily, manager Ned Yost said Friday.
The Royals will go with a closer by committee for the foreseeable future, with right-hander Brandon Maurer and lefties Scott Alexander and Mike Minor filling the role as needed.
“We’re going to bump Kelvin out there for a little while,” Yost said. “He’s not pitching regularly enough to stay sharp. I feel like right now we can go with Scotty, we can go with Minor, we can go with Mauer. It just depends what it takes to get there.