The Kansas City Royals lost to the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night but Bobby Witt Jr. moved up a historic list with another big performance.
The Kansas City Royals lost to the Los Angeles Angels 9-5 on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium. Despite the loss, they are 70-56 on the season and maintain a 3.5 game lead in the American League wild card race.
Though they lost, Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. continued his quest to win the American League MVP Award by going 3-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI. With a batting average of .352, he is almost a lock to win the batting title and he'll battle it out with Aaron Judge of the Yankees for the MVP Award.
Speaking of MVP's, Witt Jr. also passed a former Chicago White Sox MVP on an impressive list in baseball history. Per @StatsCentre on social media:It's entirely possible that Witt Jr. moves all the way up to third on that list by the time the season ends. TheOne of the most accomplished players of the last decade, Abreu is a .283 career hitter who has 263 home runs. He's played in the United States for 11 years since coming over from Cuba in 2014.
The Astros released him earlier after he hit just .124. Abreu won the MVP Award as a member of the White Sox in 2020.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady.
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