Comments on: Roadkill: Royals Pitching Struggles Away From Kansas City

By: Kansas City - Baseball Prospectus

Kansas City - Baseball Prospectus — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:19:00 +0000

[…] this week, our own Darin Watson pointed out how well the Royals rotation has pitched within the confines of Kauffman Stadium, along with how […]

By: Kansas City - Baseball Prospectus

Kansas City - Baseball Prospectus — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:00:40 +0000

[…] We discussed the pitching of Danny Duffy and Yordano Ventura, plus the approaches of Merrifield and Cheslor Cuthbert. Finally, we looked at the implications of the Royals stark home and road splits, as inspired by Darin Watson at BP Kansas City. […]

By: Darin Watson

Darin Watson — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 02:52:31 +0000

That’s better than I would have thought. Could explain some of the difference but probably not all.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:34:08 +0000

According to David Holtzman FSKC .275 at home and .250 on the road. Not a big disparity

By: Darin Watson

Darin Watson — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 14:08:03 +0000

Thank you. I agree the offense needs to do better on the road, too, although their raw numbers don’t seem that far off from what they do at home. I’d love to know what their RISP numbers are on the road.

By: Max

Max — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:37:12 +0000

Nice article on the issues, I still contend the variance of runs scored at home per game vs on the road of -1.33 compared to the -.71 variance on the runs allowed is the biggest culprit. The offense needs to perform better on the road.