Logan Morrison’s stats in the first month of the 2016 and 2017 seasons show two completely different players and this year’s April is only halfway complete.
The Rays’ left-handed first baseman enters play on Sunday with a .325/.341/.575 slash line, three home runs (HRs) and 10 runs batted in (RBIs). On this date last year, the Kansas City, Missouri, native sported an anemic .069/.129/.069 line with no HRs or RBIs. The 29-year-old did not reach three homers and 10 RBIs until May 25 last year.
Morrison’s start is so good that if he took an 0-for-4 in all 14 of the Rays’ remaining games this month — which would be an MLB record 56 at-bat hitless streak — he would still finish with a better batting average this April (.