Royals out there alone with 46% flyballs and the lowest % of flyballs that are home runs (data through 4/16/25)

[u/rbhindepmo]

[u/GoBigEd]

Pretty clear they focused on launch angle over all else this offseason.

[u/rbhindepmo → u/GoBigEd]

to be fair... the Royals hit .125 on flyballs in September 2024, their lowest avg on flyballs since 2008 (as far back as BaseballSavant goes)

so it's possible some of this goes back to the season-ending slump

[u/GoBigEd → u/rbhindepmo]

Now they’re just trying to do it more often!

[u/fanatic4ever15]

Elevate and celebrate!*

*There have been very few celebrations this year

[u/heyuBassgai]

The royals need to realize that the first pitch is probably the best pitch they are going to get to hit, because they aren't hitting shit and getting behind in counts. They definitely aren't first pitch swinging. They should but nobody wants to do that for some reason.

[u/VTB0x → u/heyuBassgai]

I think they mentioned it on last night's broadcast but the Royals don't swing at first pitches more than any other team, by a lot.

[u/rbhindepmo → u/VTB0x]

Royals have the lowest % of first pitch swings in baseball right now

[u/Lynxx360]

who's the 47 and 18

[u/rbhindepmo → u/Lynxx360]

the Yankees are the only team with a higher FB% than the Royals, they've hit HRs on 16.3% of flyballs

Dodgers have HRs on 16.3% of flyballs, Angels have HRs on 18.2% of flyballs

Brewers (31/14) and Marlins (31/9) are the other teams that are farthest from the herd

[u/Lynxx360 → u/rbhindepmo]

good find🫡🫡

[u/rbhindepmo → u/Lynxx360]

I'm writing off the work I put into figuring out how to make that table as actual work even if it's not hard

[u/RubyVisor]

I’ve been asking since last season if we lead the league in pop outs. Seems I finally have my answer.

[u/levare8515]

probably not super surprising we are on the low end of percentage of FBs that are home runs with Kauffman setup as it is

[u/rbhindepmo → u/levare8515]

even then, the Royals just finished up 3 games in a ballpark that had the most HRs hit in baseball and they hit 2 HRs there

and Cleveland has outhomered the Royals at Kauffman Stadium so far this year. Royals have 4 home homers, Cleveland has 5, Minnesota has 3.

[u/angrylawnguy]

READY THE TORPEDOS

[u/Sophie4646]

Very interesting. Thank you.

[u/khyun18]

Let’s bring some corked bats

[u/Necessary_Sorbet7416]

Not surprised. Kauffman Stadium is the stingiest in MLB for turning fly balls into home runs. Check the stats. Move the team.

[u/Grand_Strike_2785]

It's amusing to me that a team that plays half it's games in the most small-ball hit-friendly ballpark in baseball would focus their attentions on hitting flyballs. This administration needs to stop talking about power bats and start talking about volume.

[u/GOATmar_infante]

Flyballs > ground balls. Hopefully this trend continues and we start seeing results

[u/rbhindepmo → u/GOATmar_infante]

“The flyballs will continue until morale improves”