That is a phenomenal ratio ??? 33 homers against just 52 strikeouts, a ratio of 0.63 HR/K. In Royals history, no player other than George Brett has had that high a ratio in a season of 400 plate appearances. (Brett did it four times.) So I think that Pickering???s failures have essentially no bearing on Kaaihue, who is younger, in better shape, and has much fewer holes in his swing.