The Royals are playing chicken with batter projections

Predicting how a player is going to perform in the future is hard. Some guys get better out of nowhere thanks to an improved swing or a new pitch. Some guys get better because figuring stuff out in the big leagues takes some time. Some guys get better (or worse) because of off the field changes that you can’t forget. And then there’s aging, which comes for everyone but at different paces.

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