The Royals’ broadcast over the past few weeks has been raving about the team’s newest approach to hitting baseballs. And well they might! In a variety of small sample sizes, the team has nine different players, either active or on the IL - and most of them rookies, hitting at least league average according to the wRC+ stat. Five of them have a walk rate of 10% or above, with Nick Pratto coming in just outside the range with a 9.9% walk rate. Despite the stretches the Royals have gone through where they had difficulty scoring any runs, the future seems very bright for the Royals’ hitters.
The Royals’ new hitting approach makes a lot of sense
