Weekend Rumblings - News for March 30, 2019
Keller is now a central figure of the best version of the Royals’ future. He is 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds with a fastball that sits in the mid-90s. He came to the Royals as, basically, a turnkey relief ace, but the organization wants to see if he can be a middle- or even front-of-the-rotation starter.
Yost has said — most recently after Thursday’s game — that the club views Keller as “a legit No. 1 for us for years to come.” That is the most optimistic view, and would require continued improvement, but at the moment the Royals appear to have found a lottery ticket.