Ryan Goins connected for his 5th home run and bumped his runs batted in total to 39 last night in a lopsided loss to the Houston Astros. Goins now sits 4th on the team in runs batted in only behind Justin Smoak (74), Kendrys Morales (57) and Jose Bautista (45).
Let that marinate for awhile, Goins is 4th on the team in runs batted in. Nothing against Goins but nobody on the face of the planet would have bet at the beginning of the 2017 campaign that the defensive specialist would be perched ahead of Josh Donaldson, Russell Martin, Steve Pearce, Troy Tulowitzki and Kevin Pillar in that offensive category.