This past weekend was a devastating one for the Kansas City Royals in many ways, but it did continue the historic season of shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.
The Kansas City Royals are coming off a terrible weekend in Houston against the Astros. First, they were swept in the four-game set. Then, they dropped into a tie with the Minnesota Twins for the second wild card spot in the American League. Finally, they lost first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino to a broken thumb. He'll miss the regular season and possibly any postseason run.
Though the weekend was horrible, it did bring one good for Kansas City: The continued dominance of shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Witt Jr. became the first Royals player to post back-to-back 30-homer seasons with a blast on Sunday. That was part of a 1-for-4 effort that also saw him re-arrange the record books in other ways as well.Seasons of 11+ triples, 23+ stolen bases, 28+ doubles and 30+ home runs - MLB history:Any time that you are up there with Brett and Beltran, Sweeney, McRae and Dye, you're doing something right.
Witt Jr. is among the best players in all of baseball and is likely to finish in the top two of MVP voting in the American League. He's also hitting .340, making him a near-lock to win the batting title this season.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.
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