Box scores don’t always tell the entire story, and there are parts of players’ development that can be hard to see, even for those who watch on a daily basis.
One thing that has not escaped White Sox fans and observers: Yoan Moncada strikes out, and he strikes out a lot. The 23-year-old second baseman leads baseball in the category with a whopping 161 of them, putting him on pace to strike out 236 times this season, or 13 more than baseball’s single-season record.
Moncada came in as one of the 2018 White Sox biggest faces after earning the title of No.