CLEVELAND, OH - MAY 28: Third baseman Mike Moustakas #8 of the Kansas City Royals argues a call with second base umpire Dan Bellino during the third inning at Progressive Field on May 28, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
The ZiPS projection system uses current and previous season stats to project how previous players with similar stats have historically performed. Here are the current projections for the ROS (rest of season) for the Royals hitters:
| Name | H | HR | R | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | wOBA | Fld | WAR |
| Mike Moustakas | 116 | 14 | 51 | 57 | 0.274 | 0.320 | 0.441 | 0.761 | 0.329 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
| Alex Gordon | 107 | 13 | 60 | 50 | 0.270 | 0.351 | 0.443 | 0.794 | 0.346 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| Billy Butler | 123 | 16 | 52 | 62 | 0.294 | 0.361 | 0.476 | 0.837 | 0.358 | -2.6 | 2.2 |
| Alcides Escobar | 110 | 3 | 51 | 32 | 0.276 | 0.314 | 0.371 | 0.685 | 0.303 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Eric Hosmer | 126 | 14 | 56 | 57 | 0.288 | 0.340 | 0.452 | 0.792 | 0.344 | -3.7 | 1.9 |
| Jeff Francoeur | 114 | 12 | 50 | 50 | 0.275 | 0.321 | 0.439 | 0.759 | 0.325 | -0.7 | 1.6 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 79 | 4 | 38 | 27 | 0.256 | 0.313 | 0.360 | 0.673 | 0.299 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Chris Getz | 67 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 0.268 | 0.322 | 0.336 | 0.658 | 0.299 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| Brayan Pena | 43 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 0.265 | 0.302 | 0.383 | 0.685 | 0.296 | 1.9 | 0.9 |
| Johnny Giavotella | 102 | 5 | 51 | 39 | 0.268 | 0.318 | 0.378 | 0.696 | 0.305 | -0.6 | 0.8 |
| Mitch Maier | 43 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 0.238 | 0.315 | 0.359 | 0.674 | 0.299 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Jarrod Dyson | 65 | 1 | 39 | 18 | 0.242 | 0.298 | 0.305 | 0.603 | 0.282 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Humberto Quintero | 45 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 0.238 | 0.268 | 0.339 | 0.606 | 0.263 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Jason Bourgeois | 63 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 0.273 | 0.310 | 0.351 | 0.661 | 0.297 | -1.7 | 0.3 |
| Irving Falu | 75 | 1 | 35 | 22 | 0.257 | 0.298 | 0.318 | 0.617 | 0.272 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | 88 | 7 | 33 | 38 | 0.263 | 0.289 | 0.391 | 0.680 | 0.292 | -5.5 | 0.2 |
- Several people have stated elsewhere on this website that if Escobar continues to produce at this level and we get nothing from Cain and Odorizzi, we will "win" the Greinke trade.
- Frenchy looks to have a decent season ahead of him. I don't see it.
- ZiPs hates Yuni worse than we do.
- The Moose is loose.
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