As we are almost 30 games into the season, the season's stats start to become relevant and I offer the first edition on The Saturday Leaders™:
Among AL hitters....
Bobby Witt of the Royals leads in bWAR with 1.8
Jose Altuve leads in BAVG at .346
Juan Soto in OBA at .437
Tyler O'Neill, now on the Res Sox, leads in slugging at .705, and in OPS at 1.137
Steven Kwan of the Indians lead in runs with 23
Jarren Duran of the Sox leads in AB and PA with 114 and 126, respectively; Soto is tied with Duran in PA
Kwan and Altuve are tied for the lead in hits with 37
Four players are tied in doubles with 8: Altuve, Witt, Torkelson of the Tigers and Justin Turner of the Jays
Witt leads in triples with 4
The revived Mike Trout leads in HR with 10.
Sal Perez of the Royals leads in RBI with 25.
Soto leads in BB with 22
Joseph Siri of the Rays leads in batter K's with 39
Jose Caballero of the Rays leads in SB with 9
Witt leads in extra base hits with 16.
Soto leads in most of the Sabermetric offensive evaluation stats: runs created, batting runs, batting wins, offensive winning percentage,
There are three hitters with 2 sac flies, tied for the lead; but it's too boring to tell you who they are.
Giminez of the Indians leads in HBP with 7.
To add to his disastrous start, Aaron Judge leads the AL in GIDP with 8, but he has company, of the three batters who've grounded into 5 DPs, (2nd most), two are also Yankees, Verdugo and Trevino.
