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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
True, but are you really gonna tell me that Hosmer, Gordon, Moustakas and Butler don't have more power than Matt Carpenter?
And Carpenter will simply outwork pitchers into drawing walks.
And like I said in the other thread - the Cardinals are 27th in baseball in HRs on their own. They're in the bottom 1/3 in slugging%. But they're among the best in baseball at drawing walks.
The Cardinals have very few players that will give away ABs, the Royals lineup is mostly comprised of precisely that.
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That is the problem 100%. Not only do the Royals have zero pop, they literally NEVER make the pitchers pay for their mistakes.