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Yordan Alvarez: A second look

Editor’s note: This article was written before last night’s game in which Yordan Alvarez hit a home run and a double. His two RBI last night gave him 35 in his first 30 games, breaking a record set by Albert Pujols for most RBI in a player’s first 30 games. Truly phenomenal.

In episode one of the adventures of Yordan Alvarez, we left our young slugging hero breaking all sorts of rookie records; seven homers in 12 games, a phenomenal slash line that went like this: .