Dayton Moore has been talking a lot about The Process 2.0, a term coined by Kansas City Star columnist Sam Mellinger to describe how the Royals will improve upon their 104-loss performance in 2018. Matthew LaMar and Hokius have already written pieces reacting to that article, so I don’t want to beat a dead horse, but there was point made by Royals management that got me thinking about on-base percentage (OBP).
The main premise of the piece is that the Royals may seem “anti-Moneyball” due to pursuing speed in favor of on-base percentage, the skill that Athletics General Manager Billy Beane seemed to covet so fiercely in the Michael Lewis book.