Royals Rumblings - News for May 14, 2025

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John Schreiber giveth and John Schreiber taketh away.

David Lesky looks at the Kansas City Royals’ Monday win and wonders if second baseman Michael Massey has turned a corner.

Based on the metrics, it’s pretty much what he “should” be doing. He has an xBA of .283 and an xSLG of .443, so he’s overperforming on the slug just a bit. His hard-hit rate is still just 36.8 percent, but he’s barreled a few more balls than we saw in April. The numbers I just gave you were .224...