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The Royals have been one of baseball’s most electric ballclubs this season, shaking off their 106-loss, last-place finish in 2023 with relative ease. As of Thursday, Kansas City is riding a six-game winning streak, sitting just a game and a half out of first place in the AL Central.
Their rebound has been due in no small part to the outrageous production they’ve gotten out of Bobby Witt Jr. (.308 batting average, 6 3B, 7 HR, 16 SB) and Salvador Perez (.337, 9 HR, 39 RBIs), the Royals’ typical two-hole and cleanup hitters.
Naturally, the person most prepared to evaluate the duo would be the guy who hits between them — in this case, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino, who joined MLB Network Radio on Thursday to discuss his teammates’ hot starts and his unique role in facilitating both of them.
“I hit between Bobby and Salvy, and my job is basically [to] take the baton from Bobby [and] give it to Salvy,” he said. “And I feel like I’ve done a nice job this year of just grinding out at-bats, making pitchers work, trying to make it a little easier for those guys. Not that they need it, but any help that they can get, I’m sure they’ll take.”
