Nick Baumgardner
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Podcast Appearances
Now, as a right fielder,
In 32 games, you mentioned Kyle Tucker being out, so he was back out in right field.
13 home runs in 32 games.
34 runs driven in in 32 games.
22 runs scored in 32 games.
And the splits are crazy.
A .304 batting average, a .360 on base, and a .664 slug.
That's an OPS over 1,000.
Say Suzuki, since he's gotten the Chicago Cubs, he is that type of player where it's big time impact when he gets on a run.
Like they've had stretches over the last couple of years where and I know last year he had some struggles and had to turn it on later in the season after the hot first half.
He has some times where he'll go for a three-week stretch where it's like an 1,100 OPS, and he'll carry the lineup.
And so if Seiya Suzuki can have an 875 OPS season with Alex Bregman in that lineup, and I don't think that's a big ask when you look at what he's been able to do.
That's a guy that should hit 20.
That's one I'm confident to say that should be 25 and 30 homers.
875 OPS would be a career high.
The highest he's ever done was two years ago in 2024 when he had 848 OPS.
842 the year before that.
So consistent before he fell off.
when he was DHing this past season.