In cracking open the Kevin Kiermaier batting line of .200/.308/.289 (78 wRC+) over 16 games this season, you might note that KK currently has a 69% groundball rate and 48% pull rate, both far above his career averages.
Now, in small sample size theater, anything is possible. KK currently has only 52 plate appearances on the season, and it takes 80 balls in play to stabilize such rates. And yet, a trend emerges.
The interesting thing about this observation is that his pull rate on grounders is lower than where it typically resides (52.2% to career 57.