When a participant makes his Main League debut, the expectations can usually be unrealistically excessive. With as a lot anticipation that surrounded Bobby Witt Jr., it might have been cheap for him to return up brief.
He didn't.
Witt — Kansas Metropolis’s first-round choose (No. 2 general) in 2019 and the highest prospect in baseball per MLB Pipeline — drove within the game-winning run in his big-league debut within the Royals’ 3-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians.
The 21-year-old Witt, who obtained a standing ovation from the house crowd, went hitless in his first three at-bats, however got here up massive in his closing at-bat. Within the eighth inning, Witt hit a rope to left subject for an RBI double that broke a 1-1 tie, displaying spectacular bat velocity on a pitch that was out of the zone.
Witt superior to 3rd on a wild pitch after which scored his first profession run on a single by Andrew Benintendi. His RBI and run scored can be the distinction within the ballgame.
Witt additionally flashed his defensive capability early, fielding a backhanded floor ball deep within the gap at shortstop throwing a rope throughout the diamond to nab Andres Gimenez at first.
In his three different at-bats, Witt flew out to proper subject, grounded out to second and grounded out to brief.
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