PHOENIX — Madison Bumgarner woke up on Monday leading the Majors in strikeouts, which wasn’t a surprise. He also woke up as the MLB leaders in homers, which … well I guess nothing with Bumgarner can really be that much of a surprise anymore.
The big left-hander simply raised a bar that’s already impossibly high when he hit two deep homers on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. Before his next start, Saturday at Petco Park, Bumgarner will be passed by quite a few position players on the leaderboard. So let’s take this opportunity to look back once more at what he accomplished Sunday …
- Bumgarner became the first pitcher in MLB history to hit two homers on opening day.