Kansas City Royals Starting Lineup 10/19/21 Royals Lineup

74-88, 4th in AL Central

Projected Proj

MIN 7 @ KC 3

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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

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

2. N. Lopez , (L), SS

3. S. Perez , (R), DH

4. A. Benintendi , (L), LF

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

6. H. Dozier , (R), RF

7. A. Mondesi , (S), 3B

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

9. C. Gallagher , (R), C

Pos	Hitter
2B	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield (R)
SS	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez (L)
DH	Salvador Perez S. Perez (R)
LF	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi (L)
1B	Carlos Santana C. Santana (S)
RF	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier (R)
3B	Adalberto Mondesi A. Mondesi (S)
CF	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor (R)
C	Cam Gallagher C. Gallagher (R)

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)	78	1	158	701	180	126	41	3	10	73	95	40	4	.279	.318	.398	.716	$3400	14
SS	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez (L)	83	2	147	550	146	117	21	6	2	43	76	21	0	.301	.364	.381	.746	$2700	10.7
DH	Salvador Perez S. Perez (R)	88	3	157	648	168	97	23	0	48	121	87	1	0	.277	.318	.553	.871	$3500	14
LF	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi (L)	81	4	130	525	132	88	25	2	17	71	61	8	9	.273	.317	.438	.755	$3300	12.9
1B	Carlos Santana C. Santana (S)	75	5	154	643	115	81	15	0	19	66	65	2	0	.209	.316	.340	.656	$2400	12.7
RF	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier (R)	75	6	140	527	101	53	27	6	15	52	53	4	4	.214	.285	.392	.677	$2500	10.9
3B	Adalberto Mondesi A. Mondesi (S)	86	7	31	120	27	14	6	1	6	16	16	14	1	.243	.282	.477	.760	$3400	12.2
CF	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor (R)	74	8	138	512	114	85	16	1	12	52	57	14	6	.244	.298	.360	.658	$2500	10.5
C	Cam Gallagher C. Gallagher (R)	66	9	44	112	22	16	5	0	1	5	9	0	0	.220	.275	.300	.575	$2000	0.8

Most Common Royals Lineups

6 Games Game
1. Whit Merrifield
2. Carlos Santana
3. Andrew Benintendi
4. Salvador Perez
5. Jorge Soler
6. Hunter Dozier
7. Kelvin Gutierrez
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

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

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

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

3 Games Game
1. Whit Merrifield
2. Nicky Lopez
3. Salvador Perez
4. Adalberto Mondesi
5. Carlos Santana
6. Andrew Benintendi
7. Edward Olivares
8. Michael A. Taylor
9. Hunter Dozier

2021 Recent Royals Lineups

Game	Score	Starting Pitcher	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
9/30 vs CLE	W 10-5	Daniel Lynch D. Lynch (L), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez	Salvador Perez S. Perez	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi	Carlos Santana C. Santana	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor	Kyle Isbel K. Isbel	Hanser Alberto H. Alberto
9/29 vs CLE	W 6-4	Brady Singer B. Singer (R), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez	Salvador Perez S. Perez	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi	Carlos Santana C. Santana	Adalberto Mondesi A. Mondesi	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Kyle Isbel K. Isbel	Cam Gallagher C. Gallagher
9/26 @ DET	W 2-1	Wily Peralta W. Peralta (R), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez	Salvador Perez S. Perez	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi	Carlos Santana C. Santana	Adalberto Mondesi A. Mondesi	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Kyle Isbel K. Isbel	Cam Gallagher C. Gallagher
9/25 @ DET	L 0-0	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal (L), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez	Salvador Perez S. Perez	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi	Carlos Santana C. Santana	Adalberto Mondesi A. Mondesi	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Hanser Alberto H. Alberto	Edward Olivares E. Olivares
9/24 @ DET	L 0-0	Casey Mize C. Mize (R), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez	Salvador Perez S. Perez	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi	Carlos Santana C. Santana	Adalberto Mondesi A. Mondesi	Ryan O'Hearn R. O'Hearn	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Kyle Isbel K. Isbel

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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.

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74-88, 4th in AL Central

MIN 7 @ KC 3

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