When the Royals spin the wheels on their internal projections, it shows that moving in the fences averages to about 1.5 more wins in 2026. In a search for every competitive advantage, the Royals believe they found one in changing their stadium dimensions.
How?
Well, their pitchers induce soft contact at a higher rate (17.3%) than any team in baseball and hard contact at the seventh-lowest rate (31.7%) in the league. The pitching staff will suffer some consequences, in other words, but not as much as their hitters will benefit, and their data shows star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. will benefit as much as anyone.
“When we looked at similar ballparks with our current pitching staff, the results are still very good in what would be similar to the new Kauffman dimensions,” general manager J.J. Picollo said, adding, “The group that we have right now in a small window where this stadium is still going to be in existence — we had a chance to capitalize.”
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