| Tm | Lg | YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | BB% | SO% | BABIP | G/L/F % | $4x4 | $5x5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | AAA | 2017 | 9 | 34 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .412 | .432 | .794 | 3 | 11 | .393 | n/a | ||
| KC | AL | 2017 | 145 | 587 | 80 | 169 | 29 | 88 | 32 | 6 | 19 | 78 | 34 | 8 | .288 | .324 | .460 | 5 | 14 | .308 | 38/22/40 | 36 | 31 |
| KC | AL | 2018 | 158 | 632 | 88 | 192 | 61 | 114 | 43 | 3 | 12 | 60 | 45 | 10 | .304 | .367 | .438 | 9 | 16 | .352 | 35/30/35 | 42 | 37 |
| KC | AL | 2019 | 162 | 681 | 105 | 206 | 45 | 126 | 41 | 10 | 16 | 74 | 20 | 10 | .302 | .348 | .463 | 6 | 17 | .350 | 38/29/33 | 32 | 30 |
| KC | AL | 2020 | 60 | 248 | 38 | 70 | 12 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 12 | 3 | .282 | .325 | .440 | 5 | 12 | .295 | 37/26/37 | 40 | 36 |
| KC | AL | 2021 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .393 | .792 | 4 | 14 | .316 | 32/14/55 | 3 | 2 |
| Career | 6yrs | 612 | 2483 | 360 | 734 | 167 | 437 | 151 | 22 | 61 | 280 | 119 | 34 | .296 | .343 | .448 | 6 | 16 | .335 | n/a | |||
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Whit Merrifield (2B) KC - Mar. 22
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player.php?id=766427
Entering play Monday, Merrifield has gone 12-for-27 (.444 average) with four doubles and a 0-for-2 success rate on stolen-base attempts through 10 Cactus League games.
ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: With batting averages of .280 or better in every season of his career, Merrifield looks poised to find himself near the top of the AL leaderboard category during his sixth season in Kansas City. He'll likely chip in plenty of runs while reprising his familiar role as the Royals' leadoff man, and while the 30-plus steals he notched in both 2017 and 2018 are probably out of reach at this stage of his career, the 32-year-old should at least remain a double-digit stolen-base threat. Merrifield's Statcast-measured sprint speed ranked in the 89th percentile of all players in 2020, suggesting he still boasts some premium wheels.
Mar 23
Mar 15
Yep ...
Feb 22
If he gets traded to the NL, Phil, do you lose the stats?
Feb 22
Mike and I had a number of head to head battles during the auction.
Peter's sheet, which I was using as my north star, said $30. I was half enforcing when I said 28, as it forced me to rebalance my bid sheet when I won him - I was planning on saving the money at 2B and picking Cesar Hernandez in the end game for less than 10 (he went for 6). Because of that I ended up with Donaldson at 3B for 18, instead of saving money to chase Moncada, who I was targeting at Peter's 22 bid.
Ended up being the right move, as Moncada ended up going for 27 a few bids later.
Also LeMahieu going for 32 two picks after I got Merrifield also made me feel good about it. Although I guess there's going to be trade rumors all year about Merrifield if KC starts slow.
Feb 22
Texpope's big-ticket item in CBS: $28.
Much like Mike G, but much less radically, he spread the risk.
If the salary scan tells us anything, and I think it does, he'll get a profit from his most expensive player.
Feb 22
Did Whit Merrifield really have almost as good a season this year as two years ago?
He did.
If you multiply his count 'em stats by 2.7, you'll see he was on pace to hit twice as many homers. He would have knocked in 81 runs, scored 103. He slipped a bit in batting average but not as much as it seems; the AL batting average was six points higher two years ago.
He was on pace to steal 32 bases. That's the main reason he doesn't measure up to 2018. But he wasn't exactly shabby in the speed cat. One AL player (Adalberto Mondesi) stole more bases.
Dec 31 '20
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