None of the top five batters in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings played on Monday, a day with just three games on the schedule. The order remains Aaron Judge and Juan Soto of the Yankees, Gunnar Henderson of the Orioles, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, and Bryce Harper of the Phillies.
The best game score of the day belonged to Brenton Doyle of the Rockies, an 84. Doyle went three for four with two home runs in an 8-7 walk-off win over the Brewers in ten innings. Doyle’s second home run in the eighth inning caused the extra frame.
Doyle show improvement in his sophomore season. In 46 fewer games he already equaled his run score of 48 from 2023. He exceeded his walk total, and should blow by his extra-base hit total. Most of that has come at home, however. Away from Coors, his stats are poor.
I’m just thinking out loud here, changing the subject, but I would not put Ohtani back on the mound. Let him DH and play outfield. Imagine how he’d be doing right now if had not been rehabbing this off season.
I agree, but Ohtani would not have signed for a team that would not allow him to pitch.