Over 689 plate appearances in the minors, Ben Williamson only hit four home runs. And while some of that is explained by having spent much of his time on the farm in the power-sucking Dickey-Stephens Park, only 211 of his PAs came there, less than a third. So it came as something of a surprise that he hit his first MLB home run in just his fifth game in the show. And on Saturday, he got robbed in the deep part of the park.
But I don’t think these results should be all that surprising.