Last month, the Royals potential pitching rotation for 2019 was dealt a legitimate blow when Eric Skoglund was suspended 80-games for violating Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Skoglund figured to be a major competitor for a spot in the starting rotation. Now, if any of you follow me on Twitter or read this website, you might know that I was never a believer in Skoglund. At all.
Regardless of your opinions of Skoglund, however, he was going to be a candidate for the starting rotation and that is now scrapped until at least July.