Even at his worst, he eats up innings. At the very least, he can give the pen some relief.
And to that end, my answer to @squally1313’s question of what Jed could’ve done differently to improve bullpen performance, and this is obviously with the benefit of hindsight now knowing Kyle is toast (fairly certain I have a post on here in favor of picking up his option, but there’s a reason I don’t get paid to make these decisions), is let him walk and put that money toward Montgomery. If guys that aren’t used to the full season MLB workload factor so heavily into the rotation (Wicks, Shota, Assad, Brown, and Wesneski being five of the top eight rotation options) AND you have questions in your bullpen, handing a rotation spot to Hendricks was a mistake.