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Royals stay with Heath Fillmyer in fifth starters spot in pitching rotation

Pitcher Heath Fillmyer rejoined the Royals from Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. He made 13 starts with the team in 2018, but he'd been sent to Triple-A out of spring training to start the 2019 season. By

Royals right-hander Heath Fillmyer hasn’t had the greatest start to his season in the majors this year, but he’ll get a chance to flip the script after having gone just three innings (plus three batters) in his first start of the season last week.

Royals manager Ned Yost had mentioned several possible candidates to start Monday’s series opener in Chicago against the White Sox, including Scott Barlow and Glenn Sparkman.