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Offensively, the Royals overall chase rate was actually better than you might realize at 28.8 percent with league average at 28.1 percent. But it was still 11th-highest in baseball. I feel like I\u2019ve written more about the fact that Royals pitching doesn\u2019t get chase, so this is one I\u2019ve probably written before, but they had the seventh-lowest chase rate among pitching staffs. I\u2019m using the Statcast O-swing% numbers that can be found on Fangraphs, if you\u2019re following along at home. It\u2019s simply the percentage of pitches outside the zone that a hitter swings at, for those who aren\u2019t aware.<\/p>\n
Obviously, chase rate isn\u2019t everything. The Royals still had the sixth-best ERA in all of baseball. But they also had the eighth-lowest strikeout rate. And the reality is that a ball in play can be a hit. A strikeout is never a hit. It\u2019s still important to throw strikes, but one thing the Royals say a lot that resonates with me is that the pitcher needs to force the hitter into a decision. Sometimes that means getting them to swing at a pitch they shouldn\u2019t. But even though the Royals threw the eighth-most pitches in the strike zone by percentage, they still threw it out of the zone 48.5 percent of the time. There are opportunities to get the opponent to chase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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