Matt Chapman has long been one of my favorite players in Oakland’s organization. He has mastered two of the most aesthetically pleasing elements of the game: defense and dingers.
Chapman has been swinging the bat well recently. So well that I felt compelled to fire up the Statcast machine and make my observations public.
Chapman’s major league career has had its starts and stops. A few games after his call-up he was hospitalized. Upon his return he struggled mightily, racking up strikeouts like that was his primary function. Then he turned a corner with ferocity when he smacked two home runs off of former-AL Cy Young Corey Kluber.