The National League’s Hottest Hitter is Not Who You Think It Is [Video]

The hottest hitter in the National League is a 26-year-old rookie who’s never made a Top-100 prospects list. Not only was he not on his team’s major league roster when the 2024 season began, but he’s been optioned and recalled from Triple-A three times since the regular season began.

Now, as he tries to vault his team from the fringes of the National League Wild Card race, he’s drawing comparisons to Barry Bonds.

Meet San Francisco Giants shortstop Tyler Fitzgerald.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 26: Tyler Fitzgerald #49 of the San Francisco Giants hits a two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Oracle Park on July…Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images

A former fourth-round draft pick out of Louisville in 2019, Fitzgerald is hitting .364 in 17 games since the All-Star break. His 1.326 OPS is more than 100 points higher than any other qualified National League hitter during that span. Only a …

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