We knew Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals was good, but this should contextualize just how good...
We've known since before he made his major league debut that Kansas City Royals' shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was good, but this should contextualize just how good: Witt Jr. has accomplished something that hasn't been done since Barry Bonds back in 1992.The @Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. is the first MLB player to have at least 100 total bases, 30 RBI & 15 stolen bases in his first 50 games of a season since Barry Bonds in 1992.' Bobby Witt Jr.
Witt Jr. is hitting .308 with seven homers, 33 RBI and 16 stolen bases. He's also posting a .365 on-base percentage. He should be in line for his first All-Star Game this summer as well. As for Bonds, he won the MVP in that 1992 season while with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He led baseball that season in runs scored , walks , on-base percentage , slugging percentage , and OPS . He hit 34 homers that season and drove in 103 runs as the Pirates got to the NLCS.
The Royals will be back in action on Friday night when they take on the Tampa Bay Rays at 6:50 p.m. ET.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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