Royals players on Twitter gush over Bobby Witt, Jr.: ‘He’s a freak!’
This is the first spring-training camp for Royals infielder Bobby Witt Jr., but he looks like an established star.
Witt, who was second overall pick in the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft, is batting .333 with a team-leading seven RBIs and he’s tied for the lead with three home runs.
That third homer came Sunday night against Julio Urías during the Royals’ 8-4 win over the Dodgers in Glendale, Arizona. It came in the second inning. Witt also drew a 12-pitch walk to open the game against Urías.
Witt is just 20, and he’s drawing rave reviews from his teammates, many of whom took to Twitter on Sunday night to praise him.
There was this exchange between right fielder Whit Merrifield and third baseman Hunter Dozier, neither of whom played Sunday night:
Starting pitcher Brad Keller echoed Dozier’s sentiment:
Pitcher Brady Singer, who started Sunday night’s game tweeted this:
Relief pitcher Tyler Zuber shared a pair of tweets about Witt:
Sure, it’s spring training and everything that happens before the regular season needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
But that was five Royals players who tweeted about Witt during one game in Arizona. That seems like another sign that Witt has bright future.
This story was originally published March 15, 2021 at 9:23 AM.
