Quick! Who are the Royals’ best hitters? If you got that question, you’d probably answer first with Bobby Witt Jr., who is one of the league’s best hitters and one of the top two or three players in the entire sport. After that there’s a pretty big gap but you’d probably say Vinnie Pasquantino and Salvador Perez in some order—big power threats and classic RBI guys who are good but not great hitters.
After that? Who is the Royals’ fourth-best hitter? Michael Massey is a decent answer, but even in a breakout 2024 his on base percentage was below .