Everyone knows that the Kansas City Royals struggled to score runs this year. That’s not to say that the Royals did nothing well. The Royals were one of only three teams with a strikeout rate below 20%, and their 18.2% figure was second-best in the league. In a vacuum, not striking out is better than striking out, so that’s good!

But on the other hand, that’s really the only thing that the Royals did really well. Everything else was mediocre, bad, or ugly. They ranked 15th overall in team batting average (.247), 18th overall in isolated slugging percentage (.150), 22nd overall in on base percentage (.309), and 29th overall in walk rate (7.2%). The end result was a team that struggled to score runs nearly all year.

So in the end of year press conference held by JJ Picollo and Matt Quatrar

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