Kansas City Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield was the lone run producer for the team's offense on Tuesday against the Detroit Tigers. Merrifield hit a three-run home run in a game that the team lost 4-3. It was Merrifield's second home run in an as many games. He is now slashing .368/.429/.789 on the young season. It's encouraging to see the strong start from Merrifield, particularly in the power department. The Royals leadoff hitter should be one of the most productive second basemen in ...

Kansas City Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield led an offensive barrage for the Royals on Monday, helping the team defeat the Detroit Tigers 14-5. He went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, three RBI and three runs. Merrifield is off to a great start to the 2020 season. He's recorded hits in each of his team's first four games this season. He's slashing .400/.471/.733 on the young season.

Spring training is officially underway, which means baseball season is upon us! Maybe you havent started prepping for your drafts, but fortunately for you, there have already been plenty of drafts, which means that fantasy players out there have already begun dealing with tough draft position decisions.The outfield position is deep as always, but selecting the best outfielder for ADP value is not always an easy task.In this article, we will take a look at two top-20 outfielders who are going ...

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 ...

Kansas City Royals utility player Whit Merrifield put up a trio of hits again on Tuesday, bringing him to 174 for the season. He also scored his 92nd run of the year as he continues his quest to the century mark. The infielder/outfielder has also hit safely in 13 of his last 15 games and bumped his average up to .302 on the season. With Adalberto Mondesi back, Merrifield is followed in the order by Mondesi (budding superstar), Jorge Soler (new franchise home run champ), and Hunter Dozier ...

Kansas City Royals utility man Whit Merrifield extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a three-hit effort against the Athletics on Thursday. Merrifield smacked three singles and scored two runs in the effort, though the team fell short on a goofy play at the end of the game. Merrifield has fully embraced that single life. His last 12 hits have all been singles, he's only had one non-single base hit in the last 18 days, and he hasn't walked in nearly three weeks. Merrifield has tallied 15 ...

Kansas City Royals utility man Whit Merrifield drove in a run with a single on Monday to help his team top the Orioles, but it wasn't enough to keep his batting average at the .300 plateau. Merrifield has gone 2-for-17 over the last four games to drop his batting average following his most recent nine-game hitting streak, but both of those hits have come in the last two games, so maybe this is the start of his next impressive streak. The 30-year-old is still sitting pretty with 14 home runs and...

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