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The Kendrys Morales renaissance was real in 2015 after a horrible 2014. Morales enjoyed hitting in the heart of the order for Kansas City to the tune of 81 runs, 22 homers, 106 RBIs and a .290 average. He should hit out of the five hole again for the Royals, perched around that sweet spot where he can knock in 100 runs without needing to clear 25 home runs.
A cursory glance at his peripherals stats show that these numbers are very much in line with who he has been as a hitter outside of 2014. There were no outliers with walks, strikeouts, ISO, BABIP, HR/FB, FB%, hard hit rates, pull rates, etc. The noticeable difference is just how dominant he was with fastballs, posting a 26.2 wFB (fastball runs above average) value where his career best had been 18.6.
He will turn 33 in June, but as the designated hitter he should be ready to roll and build off of his strong 2015. Don’t rely on 100 RBIs out of him, but most of these numbers seem bankable for 2016.
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