Bobby Witt Jr.

[Carolina Speed]

May be a little pre-mature, but let's go ahead and give Witt his own thread.
Witt has really been coming on the last month or two. Last night he hit his league leading 8th triple. He hit his 26th HR a few days ago and has 37 stolen bases.
He will more than likely get to 30 home runs which will put in in rare company as a 30 HR/30 SB member and he should get to the 30/40 club as he only needs 3 more stolen bases to get to 40.
Current BA. has risen to .280 which has greatly improved as he was around .230-.240 for most of the first half of the season.
His SLG. is now over .500 as well. At .508.
If he can get that OBP up, he will become a complete hitter.

 

[FootballDad]

May be a little pre-mature, but let's go ahead and give Witt his own thread.
Witt has really been coming on the last month or two. Last night he hit his league leading 8th triple. He hit his 26th HR a few days ago and has 37 stolen bases.
He will more than likely get to 30 home runs which will put in in rare company as a 30 HR/30 SB member and he should get to the 30/40 club as he only needs 3 more stolen bases to get to 40.
Current BA. has risen to .280 which has greatly improved as he was around .230-.240 for most of the first half of the season.
His SLG. is now over .500 as well. At .508.
If he can get that OBP up, he will become a complete hitter.

Think of how good he can be on a team that has a little more protection around him. It's tough to go to the plate every at-bat and think that the fate of the game relies on your every swing. Royals are BAD.

 

[Carolina Speed]

Bobby Witt Jr. is the first player in MLB history to hit 20 homeruns and steal 30 bases in each of his first two seasons!
He had the day off today.
He currently has 28 homeruns and 39 stolen bases. He should easily become the rare 30/30 player soon.
Mike Trout kind of was the first, but I guess they counted his first year where he played only 40 games and official season.
Trout went 30/49 and 27/33 in his first two full seasons.

 

[Freethinker]

Witt Jr up to 29 homers and 46 steals. A 30/50 season is well in reach.

 

[white lightning]

Witt Jr up to 29 homers and 46 steals. A 30/50 season is well in reach.

Simply a young stud. Can do a little of everything. It's great to see some really exciting young baseball players
on the diamond. The guys we know and love will move on and guys like Witt Jr are the next generation of all star
players to take over! What a season the kid has had!

 

[Carolina Speed]

Witt Jr. becomes the first KC Royal to record a 30 homer, 30 stolen base season. With his 49 steals, he becomes just the fifth player in MLB history to have 30 plus home runs and 49 or more stolen bases. Witt Jr. is just the second player with 30 home runs and 49 steals at age 23 or younger. Mike Trout did it age 20.

 

[Freethinker]

Awesome!! Hope he gets one more steak so he can join the rare 30/50 club.

 

[Carolina Speed]

Bobby Witt Jr. starting the season HOT! He's 3-3 today with a HR and a Triple. He's a double away from the cycle. AVG is .667 through the first 3 games! OBP .727 and SLG 1.556.
The only knock on Witt jr. is his OBP. Looks like he's working on that.
I hope he doesn't become to the Royals what Trout is to the Angels as the Royals are not that good right now.

 

[Carolina Speed]

Monster day for Witt Jr. 4-5, 4 runs scored, 2 HR's, 5 RBI and a stolen base for good measure!!

 

[FootballDad]

Monster day for Witt Jr. 4-5, 4 runs scored, 2 HR's, 5 RBI and a stolen base for good measure!!

It's nice that the Royals seem to have put together a decent team around Witt this season, especially pitching.