Kansas City Royals: Projecting positional player stats for 2020 season
By Cody Rickman
The Kansas City Royals are projected to have a banner year offensively in 2020, but so is the rest of the league.
The conspiracy theories and suspicions about the ball used during the 2019 regular season don’t seem to be a figment of our imagination. The balls were used exclusively for the first time in AAA for the entire season and the offensive production was so overwhelming that one must conclude there is something different about the balls being used.
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The Royals project to be average at most positions defensively with stand-out performers in Alex Gordon, Adalberto Mondesi, Brett Phillips, and Nicky Lopez. If Salvador Perez is able to return to his 2018 form, then the Royals will have one of the best defensive catchers in the American League for 2020.
The Royals roster has home run power potential at every position besides second base, but the problem the Royals may have in run production may come from an inability to get on-base. The Royals don’t project to have a high on-base percentage and may find themselves again at the bottom of the league rankings.
The Royals will also look to have a swing and miss issue in 2020 – a problem the Royals in the previous decade didn’t have. The inability to get on-base and increase in strikeout rates may cause the Royals to go thru fits of streakiness.
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Depending on how well the pitching holds together before help arrives with minor league pitching prospects, this team should project for around 65 – 68 wins in 2020.