MILWAUKEE
The Royals decided to give Yordano Ventura two more days to recover from numbness in his right hand, as he was bumped from his scheduled outing on Wednesday and tabbed to pitch on Friday.
Joe Blanton will pitch in Ventura’s place against the Brewers. Manager Ned Yost and pitching coach Dave Eiland felt Ventura would benefit from the added rest.
"If you’ve got the opportunity to back him up two days, you just go ahead and do that," Yost said before his team faced the Brewers at Miller Park. "You don’t try to push it.