"If I was making the lineup out and I could put myself somewhere, I'd obviously put myself somewhere in the starting rotation," said Feldman, who moved to the rotation last year after starting his career as a reliever. "That's just me."

Feldman finished spring training with a 5.40 ERA.

"I worked hard and prepared myself to be a starter," Feldman said. "I don't think anything is handed to you. I feel like it's going to better for the team this way. I hope I can stay stretched out. If I'm pitching one inning at a time, I won't be stretched out."

Horacio Ramirez, who will be the Royals' No. 5 starter, gave up six runs on nine hits, including a three-run homer to Adam Fox in the fifth. He has a 9.00 ERA in seven exhibition games.

"I thought I made just one bad pitch, the three-run home run," Ramirez said. "I thought everything else was pretty good. I'm happy where I'm at."

Ramirez's first start will be April 12 against the New York Yankees. He will likely make only one more start before April 30 and will be used as a left-handed reliever for most of the month.

"Somebody has got to do it and that's me," Ramirez said. "I've done this before, so I have an idea on how to handle it. I'm looking forward to it. Whoever is on the mound that day is the No. 1 guy, that's the way I look at it. I'm happy with it."

Royals manager Trey Hillman said Ramirez pitched "pretty good" until the three-run homer.

"He left that pitch out over the plate and unfortunately it was another multirun inning. I still see a lot of possibilities with him in that five slot. Hopefully he performs well."

Notes: 3B Michael Young doubled in the first off Ramirez to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. He has raised his average from .194 to .349 in the streak. ... Rangers minor leaguer John Whittleman homered in the eighth off RHP Ramon Colon. ...The Rangers went 20-13-1 in Arizona, while the Royals finished 17-13-4. The two teams will meet Friday and Saturday in Texas.