During Wednesday’s 5-2 loss to the Pirates, Jason Heyward went 3-for-4 with an impressive solo shot to center field with the wind howling in at Wrigley, his fourth of the young season. This home run tied Heyward with Javier Báez atop the Cubs’ home run leaderboard, at least until Willson Contreras hit two Friday. As of April 12, Heyward was also leading all qualified Cubs hitters in batting average (.351), runs scored (11), slugging percentage (.676) and OPS (1.120).
With four homers in just 45 plate appearances, Heyward is on pace for 44 home runs this year (hooray for small sample sizes) if he reaches 500 total plate appearances.