It's June 18 and Ketel Marte has 20 home runs.
I don't know if that's the craziest statistic in a season full of insanity, but it's certainly one of those numbers that pops like a Jackson Pollock painting. Marte is on pace for 44 home runs -- after entering the year with 22 career home runs in 1,399 at-bats. That's one home run every 63.6 at-bats. In 2019, he's homering every 14.5 at-bats. That's the career rate for Sammy Sosa and is better than Manny Ramirez, Mickey Mantle and Ken Griffey Jr.
Marte reached the majors in 2015 as a speed-first shortstop who the Mariners envisioned as their future leadoff hitter.