No you did not. There is no way you thought Seiya Suzuki was going to start his MLB career this hot with the Cubs. And if you did, please send me the winning lotto numbers. Thanks.
Seiya Suzuki has been incredible through the first four games with the Cubs and he has already made MLB history following his first career multi-homer game against the Pirates on Tuesday. We're not talking about Suzuki joining a list of other guys to accomplish something either. Seiya Suzuki is the list.
That's 102 years of MLB history and Suzuki is the only player to do what he's done after four games. Overall, he's 5-for-12, with three home runs, eight runs batted in and four walks. Suzuki's power has so far lived up to the hype and he could have one more homer because there was one shot to right field at Wrigley against the Brewers that was knocked down by the wind that Suzuki thought was gone. More importantly though, Suzuki's approach has been excellent. We all love guys who can mash, but you also have to appreciate guys who know the strike zone and do not flail at everything. Suzuki mashes and he doesn't chase. That's a wonderful combination.
That's going to be key to Suzuki's success because even when he does struggle (and he will eventually) you can count on him to at least contribute on offense by getting on base via walks and not being a complete black hole in the lineup.
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