Goldschmidt is also a complete player. He has led the NL in homers, RBIs and walks at various times. He has scored more than 100 runs four times and stolen as many as 32 bases in a season. He has won three Gold Gloves. On top of all of that success, Goldschmidt may well...
Those are the coolest kinds of seasons. Here comes a list of the 10 most surprising seasons of the Expansion Era (since 1969), though keep one thing in mind: The idea is to find seasons that were surprising at the time. Now, we look back atJose Bautista's breakthrough season and see...
Key fact: Drew 92 walks for the season, his most in 18 years (114 in 1969). This isn’t just the season Reggie hit 18 homers; it’s the season whenLudwig ordered him to kill the Queen. Astros -- Roger Clemens, age 42, 2005 Key fact: Finished third in NL Cy Young Award voting;...
Ready for his October closeup: Lewis spent the first two months of the season recovering from his second torn ACL and didn't join the team until late May. But he has been the Twins' most productive hitter, slashing .309/.372/.548 in a 58-game sample. Injuries, unfortunat...
any position, Biggio has played first base, second base, third base, and both corner outfield slots during his career. At the plate, Biggio has been able to draw walks pretty consistently, but this ability to get on base has been undermined by a lack of power and a lack of hard ...
out of college and became one of the faces of Washington’s franchise after making his greatly anticipateddebut on June 8, 2010. He struck out 14 batters and allowed two runs on four hits with no walks against the Pittsburgh Pirates to win a memorable game th...
in MLB’s most pitcher-friendly home stadium. Polanco had an especially difficult time at home. He hit .193/.284/.322 while striking out at a 31.9% clip in Seattle. His road production (.233/.308/.386 with a 26.7% strikeout rate) was better but still well below his previous ...
Take Jordan Hicks, who is likely the second-best reliever on most people’s boards (I have Matsui slightly ahead of him). He’s a fire breathing monster, someone everyone can picture as a closer. He’s also had one healthy and good season since 2018. To be clear, I agree that he’...
season,” Giolito told WEEI’s Rob Bradford on the Baseball Isn’t Boringpodcast. “I find it funny when I see stuff online saying that I’ll be coming back in June. I don’t know where that came from. I have no idea. … Everything’s going great. I look forward to a full ...
He hit .275 with 35 homers and 109 RBIs and led the majors in walks (132) for the third year in a row while playing all 162 games for San Diego last year. 1B Pete Alonso, Mets Alonso avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $20.5 million, one-year contract for this season, but the ...