Royals Offense Struggles: An identity crisis in 2025 (Preston Farr/Farm to Fountains)
May 28, 2025
Royals Offense Struggles: An identity crisis in 2025 (Preston Farr/Farm to Fountains)
5 comments
“Cries to fire Zumwalt seem more like pitchforks and cries for a scapegoat than a true solution”
“Removing Zumwalt does not change the organization’s philosophy to hitting. It took years for Paul Gibson and co to change the team’s pitching development. That process started in 2019…”
There aren’t enough bats in the farm system to help out. The roster needs to hit better. If not, they’re toast.
Royals are searching for the secret sauces and it’s not working. We’re moving people around like rolling dice hoping we hit the right numbers. While the season is ticking away. I’m not smart enough to say who’s at fault. All I know it sucks
The Royals walk less than any team in the league.
They hit the ball in the air more than any team in the AL.
They pull those balls hit in the air at a higher % than any team in the AL.
The hitting philosophy is clearly to be aggressive and lift the ball. They’ve built a philosophy that doesn’t at all fit the roster or ballpark.
Sure, call it a scapegoat if you want but when you develop a hitting plan for the team and it’s shit, you shouldn’t just get to keep your job “because look at how long it took for the pitching coaches to get it right!”
We’re above average in total hits and right at league averages for BA, but in the bottom five in runs scored.
The problem is not just getting hits, it’s baseruning and lineup construction. The three hottest hitters on the team hardly ever hit back to back to back. India is not the best leadoff guy on the team and we get thrown out on the bases way to much.
We could definitely slug better, but we were never gonna be a power hitting team.
5 comments
“Cries to fire Zumwalt seem more like pitchforks and cries for a scapegoat than a true solution”
“Removing Zumwalt does not change the organization’s philosophy to hitting. It took years for Paul Gibson and co to change the team’s pitching development. That process started in 2019…”
There aren’t enough bats in the farm system to help out. The roster needs to hit better. If not, they’re toast.
Royals are searching for the secret sauces and it’s not working. We’re moving people around like rolling dice hoping we hit the right numbers. While the season is ticking away. I’m not smart enough to say who’s at fault. All I know it sucks
The Royals walk less than any team in the league.
They hit the ball in the air more than any team in the AL.
They pull those balls hit in the air at a higher % than any team in the AL.
The hitting philosophy is clearly to be aggressive and lift the ball. They’ve built a philosophy that doesn’t at all fit the roster or ballpark.
Sure, call it a scapegoat if you want but when you develop a hitting plan for the team and it’s shit, you shouldn’t just get to keep your job “because look at how long it took for the pitching coaches to get it right!”
We’re above average in total hits and right at league averages for BA, but in the bottom five in runs scored.
The problem is not just getting hits, it’s baseruning and lineup construction. The three hottest hitters on the team hardly ever hit back to back to back. India is not the best leadoff guy on the team and we get thrown out on the bases way to much.
We could definitely slug better, but we were never gonna be a power hitting team.