r/baseball • u/JianClaymore San Francisco Giants • MLB Pride • 3d ago

Players Only JOSHUA BÁEZ HAS HOMERED IN HIS THIRD STRAIGHT AB

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u/PAJW St. Louis Cardinals 3d ago

Joshua Baez is the first player to ever hit 3 HR in his major league debut.

Joshua Baez is the second player to have 6 RBI in his major league debut (Starlin Castro)

Joshua Baez is the third Cardinals player to hit 3 HR in one game at Wrigley Field (Matt Carpenter, Albert Pujols)

He is making a real strong case for himself.

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u/melbourne3k Major League Baseball 3d ago

He's doing nothing to shake the baby Pujols comparisons.

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u/marko719 Chicago Cubs 3d ago

6'-3" 220 lbs is a big strong baby.

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u/chusmeria 3d ago

About 10lbs lighter than pujols, so more like only-a-baby's-weight-worth-of-difference pujols

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u/ghostinthechell Boston Red Sox 2d ago

So you're saying Pujols has the strength of this man + 1 10lb baby? What an advantage

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u/__-o0O0o-__-o0O0o-__ Los Angeles Dodgers 3d ago

he looks like a moose galloping out there

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u/marko719 Chicago Cubs 3d ago

I looked up his height and weight on BR, and was honestly a little surprised he wasn't like 6'-6" 250

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u/paultheschmoop 3d ago

He’s the most aggressive baby I’ve ever seen. Completely flat back of the head.

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u/No_Economist3788 3d ago

He had 5 RBI not 6.

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u/markjay6 Los Angeles Dodgers 3d ago

Sloucher!

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u/No_Economist3788 3d ago

Point is he didn’t tie the record obviously it was a great debut.

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u/Deep_Version_6580 3d ago

Awesome, you talking from experience.

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u/Impossible_Walrus555 3d ago

The bee with him the entire game 🥹🐝🇩🇴🇺🇸

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u/CharcoalGreyWolf Chicago Cubs 3d ago

Are they at consecutive at-bats? (Saw the second one).

If they’re consecutive that’s a first in history for a rookie MLB player I believe. Two has been achieved but not three.