Kansas City Royals Starting Lineup 5/6/21 Royals Lineup

16-13, 3rd in AL Central

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The Kansas City Royals broke an agonizing drought of playoff appearances with back-to-back trips to the World Series and a title just six seasons ago. Seems like a distant memory for Royals' fans. After hovering around .500 baseball for two years, Kansas City has plummeted. A pair of 100-plus loss seasons was followed by lackluster pandemic-shortened 2020. The Royals made the biggest improvement statistically in team ERA. Kansas City pitchers jumped from a fourth worst 5.20 ERA to 12th best in baseball last season. Pitchers carved off nearly a run per game. A key for maintaining or improving this important stat will rest on the shoulders of veteran backstop Salvador Perez.

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Royals Starting Lineup

D. Duffy , (L), P

1. W. Merrifield , (R), 2B

2. A. Benintendi , (L), LF

3. C. Santana , (S), 1B

4. S. Perez , (R), C

5. J. Soler , (R), RF

6. H. Dozier , (R), 3B

7. R. O'Hearn , (L), DH

8. M. A. Taylor , (R), CF

9. N. Lopez , (L), SS

Pos	Pitcher
P	Danny Duffy D. Duffy (L)

Pos	Pitcher	Rating	GS	Record	IP	Batters Faced	Hits	Runs	ER	HR Allowed	BB	SO	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	Salary	Projection
P	Danny Duffy D. Duffy (L)	94	5	4-1	10	118	20	4	2	2	9	34	.640%	.076%	0.97	.247	$10700	41.60

Pos	Hitter
2B	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield (R)
LF	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi (L)
1B	Carlos Santana C. Santana (S)
C	Salvador Perez S. Perez (R)
RF	Jorge Soler J. Soler (R)
3B	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier (R)
DH	Ryan O'Hearn R. O'Hearn (L)
CF	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor (R)
SS	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez (L)

Pos	Hitter	Rating	Order	G	PA	Hits	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	Runs	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Salary	Projection
2B	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield (R)	73	1	29	131	31	21	6	0	4	21	19	10	1	.270	.328	.426	.754	$3700	16.7
LF	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi (L)	65	2	27	112	29	21	5	0	3	10	18	5	4	.287	.357	.426	.783	$2900	12.5
1B	Carlos Santana C. Santana (S)	87	3	29	125	27	17	4	0	6	21	17	1	0	.255	.360	.462	.822	$3300	12.7
C	Salvador Perez S. Perez (R)	78	4	29	122	31	17	7	0	7	18	16	0	0	.270	.311	.513	.824	$3200	14.2
RF	Jorge Soler J. Soler (R)	72	5	29	115	19	8	9	0	2	16	11	0	0	.196	.277	.351	.627	$2700	9.7
3B	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier (R)	61	6	25	94	16	5	4	2	5	14	10	1	1	.184	.245	.448	.693	$2800	12.5
DH	Ryan O'Hearn R. O'Hearn (L)	87	7	8	30	6	3	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	.222	.300	.481	.782	$2300	11.2
CF	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor (R)	77	8	28	99	25	21	2	0	2	8	11	3	1	.275	.333	.363	.696	$2200	N/A
SS	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez (L)	77	9	29	97	17	13	2	2	0	7	14	2	0	.215	.323	.291	.614	$2300	8.9

Most Common Royals Lineups

6 Games Game
1. Whit Merrifield
2. Andrew Benintendi
3. Carlos Santana
4. Salvador Perez
5. Jorge Soler
6. Hunter Dozier
7. Michael A. Taylor
8. Hanser Alberto
9. Nicky Lopez

5 Games Game
1. Whit Merrifield
2. Andrew Benintendi
3. Carlos Santana
4. Salvador Perez
5. Jorge Soler
6. Hunter Dozier
7. Ryan O'Hearn
8. Michael A. Taylor
9. Nicky Lopez

5 Games Game
1. Whit Merrifield
2. Carlos Santana
3. Salvador Perez
4. Jorge Soler
5. Hunter Dozier
6. Andrew Benintendi
7. Michael A. Taylor
8. Kyle Isbel
9. Nicky Lopez

3 Games Game
1. Whit Merrifield
2. Andrew Benintendi
3. Salvador Perez
4. Carlos Santana
5. Jorge Soler
6. Michael A. Taylor
7. Kyle Isbel
8. Hanser Alberto
9. Nicky Lopez

2 Games Game
1. Whit Merrifield
2. Andrew Benintendi
3. Carlos Santana
4. Salvador Perez
5. Jorge Soler
6. Ryan O'Hearn
7. Hunter Dozier
8. Jarrod Dyson
9. Nicky Lopez

2 Games Game
1. Whit Merrifield
2. Carlos Santana
3. Salvador Perez
4. Jorge Soler
5. Andrew Benintendi
6. Hunter Dozier
7. Michael A. Taylor
8. Cam Gallagher
9. Nicky Lopez

2021 Recent Royals Lineups

Game	Score	Starting Pitcher	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
5/6 vs CLE	L 4-5	Brady Singer B. Singer (R), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi	Carlos Santana C. Santana	Salvador Perez S. Perez	Jorge Soler J. Soler	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Ryan O'Hearn R. O'Hearn	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez
5/5 vs CLE	L 3-7	Mike Minor M. Minor (L), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi	Carlos Santana C. Santana	Salvador Perez S. Perez	Jorge Soler J. Soler	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor	Hanser Alberto H. Alberto	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez
5/4 vs CLE	L 6-8	Daniel Lynch D. Lynch (), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi	Carlos Santana C. Santana	Salvador Perez S. Perez	Jorge Soler J. Soler	Ryan O'Hearn R. O'Hearn	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Jarrod Dyson J. Dyson	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez
5/2 @ MIN	L 4-13	Jose Berrios J. Berrios (R), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	Carlos Santana C. Santana	Salvador Perez S. Perez	Jorge Soler J. Soler	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor	Cam Gallagher C. Gallagher	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez
5/1 @ MIN	W 11-3	Matt Shoemaker M. Shoemaker (R), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	Carlos Santana C. Santana	Salvador Perez S. Perez	Jorge Soler J. Soler	Ryan O'Hearn R. O'Hearn	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez

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Kansas City Royals Starting Lineup 5/6/21
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The rest of the Royals primary everyday lineup is aging. Carlos Santana jumped from Cleveland to KC. Besides Perez, the Royals will need to get solid seasons from Whit Merrifield and Jorge Soler to improve on a sixth worst team rank for run production. Kansas City will also hope the right Adalberto Mondesi shows up. Mondesi's 2020 season produced split results between the first half and the last 24 games. Even with a run per game improvement from pitching, Kansas City still ranked 11th worst in baseball in run differential. Better pitch selection will help. The Royals ranked fair for batting average, but fell to fifth worst for team on-base percentage. Any regression by the pitching staff during the 2021 schedule could produce another season of disappointment for Royals' fans.

Kansas City Royals Starting Lineup 5/6/21 Royals Lineup

16-13, 3rd in AL Central

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