All minor league baseball data provided by Major League Baseball Advanced Media His team, Kansas City, finished fourth in stolen base attempts in 2018 (0.96 attempts per game) and Merrifield ran often in the second half with teammate Adalberto Mondesi. Not all breakouts look the same and it can be hard to trust post-hype players, but Whit Merrifield’s someone not to overlook as 2019 drafts approach. by Retrosheet. Reported as the pre-2020 season number of waiver options remaining. Last 10 adds $17.40, Roster% We just recently updated our player pages for mobile and added a few new features! Whit Merrifield is a pretty good baseball player. 30Day Any questions, hit me up on the Twitter machine, @gjewett9.

Trying to gauge his baseline for average in 2019, Merrifield’s expected average the last two seasons would be a very solid .287, especially given baseball’s current climate in regards to batting averages on the decline. Yes, Merrifield did strikeout more, 2.1 percent to be exact, but it’s passable with the gains in BABIP along with his on-base percentage growth. FanGraphs Points $14.38 by Handedness, 2010 June Amateur Draft - Round: 9, Pick: 4, Overall: 269, Team: Kansas City Royals, 4 yr, $16.25M (2019-22), 2023 club option. We just recently updated our player pages for mobile and added a few new features! Updated: Thursday, September 24, 2020 10:56 AM ET, Park Factors All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com.

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives; August 26, 2020 10:03 AM : Grand Maester Hinson: Whit Merrifield KCR 2B/OF R $22: No Doubters : Dominic Smith NYM 1B/OF L $1 : August 4, 2020 10:32 AM : Grand Maester Hinson: Gary Sanchez NYY C R $27 : White 'Larry' Walkers: Whit Merrifield KCR 2B/OF R … All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman.

In NFBC drafts prior to the 2018 season Merrifield only carried an average draft position of 69th overall, at a time when stolen bases prove to be difficult to procure in spite of being one season removed from 80 runs, 19 home runs, 78 RBI, 34 stolen bases and a solid .288/.324/.438 slash line in 148 games. by Retrosheet. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted Over his last 67 games, Merrifield scored 46 runs with seven home runs, 30 RBI, 28 stolen bases and a .300/.353/.444 line. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. by Retrosheet. We just recently updated our player pages for mobile and added a few new features! by Handedness, 2010 June Amateur Draft - Round: 9, Pick: 4, Overall: 269, Team: Kansas City Royals, 4 yr, $16.25M (2019-22), 2023 club option. We hoped you liked reading Heading in Opposite Directions: Whit Merrifield and Eduardo Escobar by Al Melchior! These fall in line with the baseline provided by Steamer with a chance for more. as distributed by STATS. by Retrosheet. Check out our. Positions: Second Baseman and Outfielder Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg) .