The Royals will name up Alec Marsh to start out Friday’s sport in opposition to the Dodgers, based on MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. The scheduled starter, Jordan Lyles, is sick and is unable to make the beginning. The Royals haven’t formally introduced a transfer. Marsh is already on the 40-man roster.

Marsh is ranked #11 within the Royals’ farm system by Baseball America and #14 by MLB Pipeline. A former second-round pick of Arizona State in 2019, the 25-year-old right-hander had a 5.32 ERA with 56 strikeouts in 47 ¹⁄₃ innings for Double-A Northwest Arkansas earlier than being promoted and posting a 2.40 ERA in three begins for Omaha. He has the flexibility to overlook bats with 156 strikeouts in 124 1/3 innings final yr, however walks may be a difficulty and he nonetheless allowed a number of onerous hit contact final yr with a 6.88 ERA. Marsh throws within the mid-90s with a four-seamer and a two-seamer with sink, with a curveball, slider, and alter up.

Marsh would change into the fifteenth pitcher already to start out a sport for the Royals. Solely three groups in Royals historical past have had extra starters – 1990, 1992, and the 2006 group which had a club-record 17 beginning pitchers.