Joey Votto didn’t exactly get off to a rockin’ start to his 2018 campaign. Fresh off a 2017 season that saw him lead the National League in OPS and OPS+ and all of baseball in walks and on-base percentage, Votto scuffled to just a .611 OPS through the first 21 games of the season, sporting a .290 slugging percentage and not a single home run.
Of course, small samples are easily manipulated, and while his first 21 games saw negligible power production, it took all of four games in four days to up his full-season line to .