If Duffy is on the injured list, who is going to be in the rotation? There are two open spots, according to that roster.

Chris Owingetz?

Starting the season with Keller, Junis, and Lopez. They'll go through that rotation twice before letting another pitcher, Homer Bailey, start. Not sure what they do after that.

Royals don't need a 5 man until April 10th or sometime around there,

Scott Barlow is one, not sure who will be #5

is this on fox sports midwest or what?

Let’s do this...

And by do this, I mean see the young players in the majors progress and closely watch the performance of guysnin the minors.

Has the game been called yet?

The new Alcides. Ned is gonna trip over himself trying to get this guy into the lineup everyday.

Not that spring training means anything but Owings had decent batting stats this spring.

with 51 at bats,
Avg = .333
HR = 4
OPS = .815

The Royals have indicated Homer Bailey will be added as the 4th starter. Either Yost or DMoore indicated that either Duffy or Fillmyer would be added as the 5th depending on Duffy's health.

Danny Duffy, another horrendous contract given out. That timespan when large contracts were given out to Gordon, Duffy, and Kennedy is regrettable. It will be nice here in a few years when we hopefully double our yearly payout from the TV contract and these 3 are gone. Depending on the progression of the current youngsters in both the majors and minors we should have the flexibility and ammunition to make some key additions around 2021-2022.

I said trade Duffman after year 1 but nobody here agreed. The just love his cute and cuddly and goofy personality too much

The Royals signed Duffy to his extension coming off a nearly 4-win season, with a year to go before he hit free agency.

It was his second time in three years performing at that level. They took a risk on him and it has gone wrong so far. Had he balled out again in 17, they would have been looking at a much bigger deal or him walking.

In hindsight, it’s easy to look at it and say it’s a bad bet. In the moment, the Royals were still trying to win in 17. The extension occurred a week before Yordano Ventura’s death.

Had that not occurred, the Royals would have had the top two spots in their rotation set with homegrown guys at reasonable prices for the next half-decade.

It’s ironic. For decades, Royals fans complained about being cheap and not re-signing players. The Royals finally re-sign some stars or make some big spends, and things go sideways on every one.

You're right, it's not entirely fair to criticize the contract. By itself I would have just chalked it up to bad luck. My issue is with the three contracts as a whole. That's a lot of money tied up on three players whom haven't come even close to living up to the value of the contract.