After Stephen Kolek’s 4th straight good game after coming over from the Padres, there was talk of him being in the rotation next year. First up, Anne Rogers:

“Hopefully, it’s a good kind of runway into next year,” Kolek said. “This year’s still going. I’ll at least get another [start], and we’re going to fight to the end. For now, it’s focusing on today, and tomorrow, we’ll worry about tomorrow. As the future goes on, we’ll worry about that whenever it comes.”

Jaylon Thompson, too:

“I think I can’t reiterate enough how excited we were to get both he and Bergert,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. We all know how much Freddy (Fermin) meant to us as a team and to this organization. But to get two quality starting pitchers that are young and have a lot of control left is really exciting f

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