Um… finders keepers? Every season, there’s an unwelcome reminder that your beloved game of baseball is, after all, a business. Anthony Santander, who just turned 30, hit .235/.308/.506/.814 this season with 25 doubles, two triples, a team-best 44 homers, 91 runs and 102 RBIs. The batting average isn’t great but the power is.
Santander finished second in the AL and third in the majors in homers, becoming just the eighth switch-hitter to hit 40 or more in a season, and also the eighth Oriole, the last one before him Mark Trumbo in 2016. Not only that, the last time an Oriole had 100 or more RBIs was 2017, when Jonathan Schoop drove in 105.