The Royals’ offense has sputtered out of the gate this season, and earlier this week it cost hitting coach Terry Bradshaw his job. Alec Zumwalt takes over as hitting coach for this season, moving over from his role as Senior Director for Player Development and Hitting Performance, with Mike Tosar also joining the staff. The Royals have scored the fifth-fewest runs-per-game in the league with the fourth-lowest OPS and the third-fewest home runs. In 20 of their 36 games they have failed to score as many as four runs, and they have been shut out five times already this season.
Bringing runners home from third
