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Nick Carfardo update yesterday mentioned the Royals showing renewed interest in Jason Hammel and also touching base on Chris Carter (though they're thought to be more interested in a lefty bat).
Encouraging signs to hear. Hammel is not a replacement for Ventura's upside, but he is a nice approximation of Ventura's middle ground outcome. He needs to be limited to two times through the order as much as possible, but he would be a solid bet to give KC 180 innings of slightly better than league average pitching.
A rotation of Duffy, Kennedy, Hammel, Vargas, and Karns isn't as good as one with Ventura, but it's good enough to think they have a shot at the playoffs (especially since it would mean you have Strahm in the pen, helping to lock it down).
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