Jesse Winker has been on a nuts kind of tear over the last, oh, most of his professional baseball career. It’s easy to overlook that he hit .298 with a .398 OBP across a lengthy 2438 career MiLB games before becoming a full-time member of the Cincinnati Reds, but that’s exactly what he did. He walked 330 times against just 385 Ks, was a top prospect because of his hit tool, and found his name among the top overall prospects on the Reds for years before finally getting regular reps this year.
On Friday, Winker went 3 for 3 with a walk, 3 ribbies, a double, some snazzy smiles, a well-maintained beard, and now owns an absurd .