October Boys

A dozen of this season's MLBoyfriends will be playing in the postseason. Here they are, in alphabetical order, for another look.

Corbin Carroll, Arizona Diamondbacks

Nick Castellanos, Philadelphia Phillies

Jazz Chisholm Jr., Miami Marlins

Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies 

Alex Kirilloff, Minnesota Twins

Royce Lewis, Minnesota Twins

Michael Lorenzen, Philadelphia Phillies 

Whit Merrifield, Toronto Blue Jays

Drew Rasmussen, Tampa Bay Rays

Anthony Santander, Baltimore Orioles

Marcus Semien, Texas Rangers

I offer my congratulations to all twelve of you. However, I'm only wishing good luck to Alex & Royce.

PS: I created this post on my phone which is not ideal. Apologies for any wonky formatting.

Royce Lewis

Royce Lewis is on fire just when the Twins need him to be to clinch the division title. 

Last week, Lewis had 7 hits in 25 at-bats, for a .280 average. He scored 6 runs, hit 3 home runs and had 9 RBI and 2 stolen bases. Not bad at all for a rookie. 

I chose Lewis earlier this afternoon based on those stats. However, I have mention the amazing game he played between me selecting him and actually sitting down to write this post. Tonight, September 4, he had 3 hits in 4 at-bats with 1 home run and 6 RBI!

The home run Lewis hit tonight was a grand slam--his 3rd grand slam in just 8 games.

Here's a couple of stats about Royce's grand slam tonight:

• Lewis is the 2nd player in MLB history to have at least 5 home runs including 3 grand slams in 8 games. Lou Gehrig was the first 92 years ago.
• In just 56 games in the majors, Lewis now has 4 grand slams. That is by far the fewest games it's taken to reach that milestone in MLB history. 2nd place goes to Rudy York who got his 4th grand slam in his 132nd game in 1938. 

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As if all that weren't enough, there's also this:

Congratulations, Royce Lewis. You are my MLBoyfriend of the week.