Minnesota Twins pitchers might have nightmares — of a big, bulging slugger wearing a No. 19 Baltimore Orioles jersey.
The Twins are the next team to face Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles, the hottest hitter in baseball, who is destroying pitches at a historic rate this season.
Davis hit a homer and drove in four runs in Thursday’s 6-3 win against the Tampa Bay Rays. With that, he’s homered and driven in at least three runs in all three games this season. He has 11 total RBIs and an eye-popping hitting line: .636/.692/1.727. He leads the league in all three of those categories, plus RBIs (the next closest player has six). Only Michael Morse of the Seattle Mariners, with four, has more home runs than Davis’ three.
The Baltimore Sun does the heavy-lifting to put Davis’ tear in historical context: