The improved output from his starters has prompted Royals manager Ned Yost to consider using a six-man rotation over the final few weeks of the 2018 season.
Right-hander Ian Kennedy, who is slated for his final rehab start Monday, is on the verge of a return to the big-league rotation. But Yost isn’t ready to subtract any of its existing members — Danny Duffy, Jakob Junis, Brad Keller, Jorge Lopez or Heath Fillmyer.
Instead, Kennedy’s looming return would simply lengthen the rotation to six.
“We’re more open to it now,” Yost said. “I don’t wanna take Fillmyer out.