Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 22 days left until Opening Day on April 6.
Frenchy, stealer of a very respectable number of bases.
22
is the number of stolen bases Jeff Francoeur had last season. Only Alcides Escober (26) had more, among Royals. I wondered how spread out KC’s 153 total steals were among all Royals, compared to the rest of the top 10 most base-stealy teams. Seven Royals stole at least 11 bases, which is the league average per 600 plate appearances, and 14 players total stole one or more.
#1 San Diego = 6 with at least 11 SB | 21 with one or more
#2 Tampa Bay = 7 | 14
#3 Kansas City = 7 | 14
#4 NY Yankees = 4 | 12
#5 Texas = 4 | 13
#6 Anaheim = 4 | 13
#7 Arizona = 6 | 16
#8 Toronto = 4 | 18
#9 NY Mets = 4 | 13
#10 Los Angeles = 3 | 15
So in general, the Royals have a typical allotment of base stealers, both in terms of how many performed above the league average, and the total number who contributed at all to the team total.
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