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Originally Posted by alnorth
Does he think there's something wrong with the K's batter's eye?
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I wish the true answer was something like that. But if there was an issue with the batter's eye, they could fix it (and Royals opponents/K park factor would not be so neutral when it comes to walks).
It's slightly below average in terms of BB rate in a park, but not by much.
Pretty clear the Royals have some old school organizational thought that they won't be able to draw walks consistently because they don't have guys who have power to hit the ball out of the yard and therefore be respected and frequently walked.
Jack Maloof was just stupid enough to share those types of comments in a public forum and be made to take the fall for it.
One bright side... at least Grifol is from outside Dayton Moore's Atlanta/Old School brain trust and seems to understand some of the more modern aspects of the game.