Wrapping one’s head around Houston OF George Springer’s offensive tear of late is pretty difficult: he has logged multiple hits in eight of his last nine games. EIGHT multi-hit games in nine tries. Not to mention that twice in the last four days has he accomplished multi-homer outings. His 7-15, 4 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 3 K weekend is evidence to suggest that pitchers are taking their chances with Springer, hoping to fan him rather than walk him as a safer route, and he has punished their boldness with power. As a result of this recent barrage of balls hit in play, his batting average has leapt from a pedestrian .231 to a solid .280. His 43 runs trail only the totals belonging to Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper and Paul Goldschmidt, and 16 homers have him tied with seven guys for the third-best mark in the league.
Let’s take a look at some other notable hitting performances around MLB from the weekend: