Alex Bregman of the Astros stays atop the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings with a one for four in the 3-1 Oakland win on Saturday. His lead over Nelson Cruz of the Twins dropped to 0.22 points, however, as Cruz homers in a one for five night as the Royals win a slugfest 9-6.*
*The teams combined for seven home runs at Kauffman Stadium in the game. That’s only the 18th time that many home runs were hit in a game at that ballpark. The record for the park is nine, set on April 9, 2000, also in a game between the Twins and the Royals.
Three-four-five contains the same players with a little mixing action. Justin Turner of the Dodgers moves up to third as he homers and walks in the 5-4 win by the Giants. Turner’s teammate Max Muncy goes zero for four in the game and drops to fifth place. Nick Castellanos of the Reds also goes zero for four and drops to fourth place, but the Reds win the game 4-1.
Big movers on the day were Jorge Soler of the Royals, who hit two home runs and now ranks seventh, and Aaron Judge of the Yankees, who went four for eight in the double header split with the Rays, hitting a home run. Judge now ranks eighth. Soler was once a hot prospect for the Cubs, but didn’t mature into a great hitter until he moved to the Royals.

