Looked up some stats today trying to make sense of how the offense is managing to be league average in runs despite a weak traditional slash line.
One thing the offense is doing well compared with last year is not striking out. They are 2nd best in MLB in strikeout percentage (18th last year). Five % point improvement falling to 18.4%. Also getting a good percentage of their hits as XBH, 8th best percentage. Those are helping them make efficient use of hits, where they are 6th in runs per hit. Also helps they are 6th in stolen bases with 5th best success rate.
They pointed out on the broadcast their RISP is much improved, they are league average this year in OPS with RISP.
Encouraging potential for positive regression is they are 28th in BABIP. Last year they were league average. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GabyKeepsMeWarm:
You know, you could be somewhat gracious and admit maybe the Royals aren't the doormat of a team they've been for the past 8 years, and might actually be a pretty solid team.
Plenty of season left for the Jays to bounce back, and sadly the flip side of that coin is the Royals have plenty of time to come back down to earth.
I think the Royals caught the Jays at the right time, and did just enough offensively to win the season series.
He is a bitch. Ran away from the 2015 ALCS thread for a "birthday party" [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Go Kansas Royals at Free State Field in **** KC Tenants Stadium
They are playing at the K until the end of the 2030 season, and if they play as well as they have this year. The K will be rocking, the team will make money, and this need a new stadium crisis created by nobody but the team itself will look stupid. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jerryaldini:
Looked up some stats today trying to make sense of how the offense is managing to be league average in runs despite a weak traditional slash line.
One thing the offense is doing well compared with last year is not striking out. They are 2nd best in MLB in strikeout percentage (18th last year). Five % point improvement falling to 18.4%. Also getting a good percentage of their hits as XBH, 8th best percentage. Those are helping them make efficient use of hits, where they are 6th in runs per hit. Also helps they are 6th in stolen bases with 5th best success rate.
They pointed out on the broadcast their RISP is much improved, they are league average this year in OPS with RISP.
Encouraging potential for positive regression is they are 28th in BABIP. Last year they were league average.
I bet the baserunning stats are better less outs on the bases and less failures to advance. A couple guys in last year's lineups made bad decisions on the bases. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Perez is as hot right now as I've ever seen him his entire career (hitting .360 with a 1.000+ OPS in a league where offense is down) and you have a literal scrub (Massey, .500 OPS) hitting behind him, John Schneider simply has no clue what he's doing
