The Houston Astros are looking to fortify their starting rotation and are interested in Danny Duffy and Yordano Ventura of the Kansas City Royals.

The Royals are open to dealing a number of players in order to cut payroll. They already made headlines by trading Wade Davis to the Chicago Cubs.

Duffy is entering his final season of arbitration, while Ventura is locked up through at least 2019 with a pair of team options for 2020 and 2021.