Kansas City Royals Starting Lineup 7/29/21 Royals Lineup

44-56, 4th in AL Central

Projected Proj

vs CHW

6:10 pm GMT , 7/29

Updated: 29 minutes ago

Kansas City Royals

To win World Series +100000

To win AL Pennant +50000

To win AL Central +36000

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.

Updated: 29 minutes ago

Royals Starting Lineup

C. Hernandez , (R), P

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

2. C. Santana , (S), DH

3. S. Perez , (R), C

4. J. Soler , (R), RF

5. A. Benintendi , (L), LF

6. R. O'Hearn , (L), 1B

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

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

9. N. Lopez , (L), SS

Pos	Pitcher
P	Carlos Hernandez C. Hernandez (R)

Pos	Pitcher	Rating	GS	Record	IP	Batters Faced	Hits	Runs	ER	HR Allowed	BB	SO	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	Salary	Projection
P	Carlos Hernandez C. Hernandez (R)	61	2	1-1	9.1	132	26	19	19	3	21	38	.288%	.159%	1.66	.338	$6100	0.70

Pos	Hitter
2B	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield (R)
DH	Carlos Santana C. Santana (S)
C	Salvador Perez S. Perez (R)
RF	Jorge Soler J. Soler (R)
LF	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi (L)
1B	Ryan O'Hearn R. O'Hearn (L)
3B	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier (R)
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)	79	1	99	434	107	74	23	2	8	53	56	25	1	.272	.318	.401	.719	$3200	10.8
DH	Carlos Santana C. Santana (S)	75	2	99	420	83	56	10	0	17	55	52	2	0	.236	.350	.409	.759	$2900	10.5
C	Salvador Perez S. Perez (R)	96	3	99	406	107	67	17	0	23	62	45	1	0	.276	.305	.497	.803	$3100	10.8
RF	Jorge Soler J. Soler (R)	80	4	92	352	58	30	15	0	13	36	37	0	0	.193	.289	.372	.661	$3200	11.5
LF	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi (L)	62	5	75	304	75	53	10	1	11	38	41	7	7	.269	.317	.430	.747	$2600	11.8
1B	Ryan O'Hearn R. O'Hearn (L)	65	6	44	144	31	21	2	0	8	19	16	0	0	.225	.257	.413	.670	$2200	8.2
3B	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier (R)	78	7	83	317	56	28	17	3	8	29	30	1	2	.198	.278	.364	.642	$2500	8.6
CF	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor (R)	68	8	90	324	72	56	7	1	8	33	40	7	4	.242	.299	.354	.653	$2100	7.8
SS	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez (L)	63	9	89	298	72	58	11	3	0	22	41	8	0	.280	.362	.346	.708	$2300	8.9

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. 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. Carlos Santana
3. Salvador Perez
4. Andrew Benintendi
5. Hunter Dozier
6. Jorge Soler
7. Michael A. Taylor
8. Nicky Lopez

3 Games Game
1. Whit Merrifield
2. Carlos Santana
3. Andrew Benintendi
4. Salvador Perez
5. Jorge Soler
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
7/29 vs CHW	W 3-2	Kris Bubic K. Bubic (L), 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	Ryan O'Hearn R. O'Hearn	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez
7/28 vs CHW	L 3-5	Brad Keller B. Keller (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	Ryan O'Hearn R. O'Hearn	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez
7/27 vs CHW	W 4-3	Mike Minor M. Minor (L), 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	Hanser Alberto H. Alberto	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor	Jarrod Dyson J. Dyson
7/25 vs DET	W 6-1	Daniel Lynch D. Lynch (L), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	Carlos Santana C. Santana	Salvador Perez S. Perez	Jorge Soler J. Soler	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Hanser Alberto H. Alberto	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor	Cam Gallagher C. Gallagher	Jarrod Dyson J. Dyson
7/24 vs DET	W 9-8	Carlos Hernandez C. Hernandez (R), 0 IP, 0 SO, 0 ER, ND	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	Carlos Santana C. Santana	Salvador Perez S. Perez	Andrew Benintendi A. Benintendi	Jorge Soler J. Soler	Ryan O'Hearn R. O'Hearn	Hunter Dozier H. Dozier	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor	Nicky Lopez N. Lopez

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Kansas City Royals Starting Lineup 7/29/21
Royals Starting Lineup
Most Common Royals Lineups
2021 Recent Royals Lineups

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 7/29/21 Royals Lineup

44-56, 4th in AL Central

vs CHW

6:10 pm GMT , 7/29

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