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At this point the Royals need to be projecting these kinds of #'s (listed below). This is what they SHOULD be doing, and what we all expect from them. The only problem is, they're not who we all thought they were.
* This team should be hitting anywhere from 160-170 HRs a season, which would rank them approx 10th-15th (based on last season's ML team stats). For the past 20 years, Royals are always in the bottom 5 of this category...people need to stop blaming Kauffman Stadium for this.
* This team should be hitting around a collective .270-.280BA, which would rank them in the top5 (based on last season's ML team stats). Last season they were top 10 (9th), batting a collective .260, so there's no reason why this stat can't improve.
Folks, with our pitching staff, this is a WS team if our guys would be able to produce these kind of numbers:
1.RF-Aoki .285BA 7HR 55RBI 85R 15SB
2.2B-Infante .300BA 10HR 55RBI 65R
3.1B-Hosmer .290BA 25HR 85RBI 15SB
4.DH-Butler .300BA 35HR 105RBI
5.3B-Moustakas .285BA 25HR 80RBI
6.LF-Gordon .285BA 25HR 85RBI 15SB
7.C-Perez .290BA 20HR 80RBI
8.CF-Cain .265BA 10HR 55RBI 20SB
-->OF/PR-Dyson .260BA 40SB**
9.SS-Escobar .270BA 5HR 60RBI 40SB**
**Anytime when either Escobar or Dyson are on 1B with no one on 2B, with a RHP on the mound, these guys need to be stealing.
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