Whit Merrifield Seeing The Ball Well This Spring
4 years agoKansas City Royals outfielder Whit Merrifield continues to see the ball well in Cactus League action. Merrifield collected another two hits in Monday's game to raise his spring average to .529, along with four doubles, four runs scored, and an RBI. The 32-year-old has been locked in at the plate and seems poised to deliver a strong season for fantasy managers who invest in him. Merrifield was a bit unlucky in the batting average department in 2020- .295 BABIP compared to his .336 career average- a trend supported by his 91st-percentile expected batting average. He's a fair bet to rebound in that category, especially if last year's improvement in strikeout rate continues- all while posting elite numbers in run-scoring and base-stealing.
Source: ESPN
Source: ESPN