Aaron Decide had one other enormous recreation for the New York Yankees on Sunday, going 2-for-4 with a house run and two RBI within the crew’s 8-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. The efficiency continued a monster season that’s not solely placing Decide within the driver’s seat for the American League MVP award, but in addition within the operating for the triple crown.
After Sunday’s recreation, Decide raised his common to .316 for the season and gave him 31 dwelling runs and 82 RBI.
That common is second finest within the American League, only one level behind Los Angeles Angels third baseman Luis Rengifo (.317), whereas Decide is main the majors in dwelling runs and RBI by a fairly substantial margin.
The triple crown is an extremely tough accomplishment and has solely been carried out 4 instances since 1950. Mickey Mantle did it in 1956, Frank Robinson did it in 1966, Carl Yastrzemski did it in 1967 and Miguel Cabrera did in 2012.
Decide nonetheless has a protracted approach to go earlier than he will get there, however on the midway level of the season, he has positioned himself nicely to make a severe run at it. After all, he’ll want to remain wholesome.
Together with the triple-crown stats, Decide can be main the majors in complete bases (213), slugging proportion (.708) and OPS 1.144. He’s second in walks (61), on-base proportion (.436) and WAR (5.9). He is only one level behind teammate Juan Soto for the OBP lead (Soto is at .437) and simply 0.2 behind Baltimore Orioles infielder Gunnar Henderson for the WAR lead (Henderson is at 6.1).
Henderson goes to be Decide’s greatest competitors for the MVP award, but when Decide finally ends up profitable the triple crown, it’s arduous to think about Henderson profitable MVP.
The duo of Decide and Soto have helped propel the Yankees to the highest of the American League standings and makes them one of many high contenders within the league.
