2024 stats: 96 G, 341 PA, 15 HR, 17 SB, .280/.334/.497, 136 OPS+, .154 ISO, .217 ISO 2.8 bWAR
Ahhhhh, what a refrershing player. As heartening as Heliot Ramos’s development was this year, as cool as Patrick Bailey’s emergence was last year, it’s Tyler Fitzgerald’s 2024 that sparked the imagination. A power-speed combination that evokes the best of the current generation of players. As much as the San Francisco Giants are stuck in last decade, here’s a player who has a toe in the 2020s.
I like to think of myself as someone who’s aged out of having a “favorite current player” on my favorite team, but when I allow myself to consider who mine might be on the current roster, my mind drifts towards Tyler Fitzgerald.