Juan Soto of the Mets stayed atop the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings with a two for four game, including a walk and a double. The Mets beat the Reds 5-4. Soto’s drop in power this season comes from his lack of doubles and triples. In 2024, he collected 35 short extra-base hits to go with his 41 home runs. So far this season he collected just 18 SEXBH.

Brice Turang of the Brewers ranks second after a two for five in a 5-2 win over the Pirates. George Springer of the Blue Jays sits in third place after getting hit by a pitch in the 7-1 win over the Yankees, Toronto opening a larger gap in the AL East as the Red Sox also lost. The core of the offense, Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. produced big games for the win.

Bobby Witt Jr. of the Royals sits in fourth place as he went 0 for 3 in a 2-1 win over the Twins. He left the game early with back spasms. The Royals are now one game out of the third wild card slot in the AL, also 1/2 game behind Texas. Five teams are within 2 1/2 games of that final playoff spot. I still hope for a massive tie, even though it would not create a playoff bottleneck.

Corey Seager of the Rangers returned to the dugout yesterday as he continues to recover from an appendectomy. According to the broadcast, he’s trying to come back as quickly as possible. The Rangers beat the Astros 4-3 without him.

Hunter Goodman of the Rockies posted the best game score of the day, a 79. He went three for three with a walk, double, and home run in a 3-0 win over the Padres. He is slugging .538 on the season. The slugging is real. While the road hurts his ability to get on base, he generates even more power away from Coors.

Note that the highest game score of the day for pitchers also occurred in that game, as Kyle Freeland of the Rockies threw eight shutout innings with ten strikeouts and no walks for an 88.