Jake Lamb has taken his performance to the next level this season. Coming into today’s game, Jake had an OPS+ of 132, up 18 points on last season. He’s on pace for 35 home-runs and 127 RBI. What has triggered this sharp improvement in 2017? Earlier this Sean Casey took a look on the MLB Network’s MLB Tonight show, beginning by putting Lamb’s performance this season simply: “He really drives the baseball to all parts of the field.”
- On Lamb’s performance this season: “This year and last year he’s hitting the ball and driving the baseball.