Whit Merrifield 2020 Outlook: The Steals Probably Aren't Coming Back rotoballer.com Sat 12/14/19 7:26 AM

Whit Merrifield posted another great season for the Royals in 2019, slashing .302/.348/.463 with 16 HR and 20 SB in 735 PAs. Unfortunately, fantasy owners didn't get what they paid for. He slashed a similar .304/.367/.438 in 2018, but accompanied it with 45 steals. Worse, Merrifield was caught stealing 10 times in each campaign. That led to a great success rate of 82% in 2018, but just a 66% rate in 2019. His Statcast Sprint Speed declined somewhat year over year (28.6 ft./sec in '19, 29.0 in ...