Two notable trends in Mookie Betts’s swing have made the Red Sox star right fielder the early favorite for AL MVP.
Mookie Betts has a lot to smile about.
Not only is his Red Sox winning approximately two out of every three games, but he is also having a career-year a quarter of the way through the season. Consider the fact that through the first 45 games the Red Sox have played, Betts lead the entire league in 20 categories:
Admittedly, it cannot be expected that Betts keeps his torrid pace up throughout the grind of a 162-game season.