Can Steven Kwan bat .400 for the season? 😳

No video

Can Steven Kwan bat .400 for the season? 😳

Рет қаралды 98,318

Күн бұрын

Steven Kwan is batting .398 HALFWAY THROUGH JUNE!
Don't forget to subscribe! / mlb
Follow us elsewhere too:
Twitter: / mlb
Instagram: / mlb
Facebook: / mlb
TikTok: www.tiktok.com...
Check out MLB.com daily to watch the MLB.TV Free Game of the Day! mlb.com/freegame
Visit our site for all baseball news, stats and scores! www.mlb.com/

Пікірлер: 356

@timmcculty2320 2 ай бұрын

Brad Pitt: Why do we like Kwan? Jonah Hill: He gets on base.

@user-ox1dr9ct1z 2 ай бұрын

Moneyball!

@CosmicStar3 2 ай бұрын

We all know Chris Pratt easily solos the MLB

@JL-ec1by 2 ай бұрын

Nice!

@steelshotproductions 2 ай бұрын

Well played sir

@jamesfarrell8339 2 ай бұрын

Best comment I love it 😀

@coachgoltzbizpro23 2 ай бұрын

.400 or not, Kwan is on another level!

@jameschung1150 2 ай бұрын

They finally gave Kwan the shoutout he deserved🙃

@Jackson54321 Ай бұрын

I agree, but #JARRENDURAN

@Loustic26 2 ай бұрын

Most underrated player in mlb…

@briangriffin69 2 ай бұрын

Actually though. Hate when people say underrated for players that are in fact very rated

@krobisgoated1184 2 ай бұрын

His batting average is higher than some mlb teams win pct 💀

@luklov8801 2 ай бұрын

What 💀

@buddy8150 2 ай бұрын

5 as of now

@danielrasmussen2167 2 ай бұрын

Wild. 67 people thought this wasn't a meaningless comparison.

@xertz2502 2 ай бұрын

@@danielrasmussen2167 fr it means nothing

@dominicharrington992 2 ай бұрын

his batting average is also lower than the US divorce rate😱😱

@Fog_raw 2 ай бұрын

His approach and how he has different swings for different pitches/pitch locations is reminiscent of Ichiro

@TiagoGomez-hb9te 2 ай бұрын

Explain please.

@Fog_raw 2 ай бұрын

@TiagoGomez-hb9te explain what? It's pretty self explanatory. It was pretty well-known by baseball fans that ichiro used different swings depending on situations and pitch/pitch locations. Anything from different leg kicks to follow throughs, etc.

@tracyfunk3928 2 ай бұрын

@@Fog_raw Ichiro is his idol. Says he molded his game from Ichiro.

@Heybrotruthhurts 2 ай бұрын

@@tracyfunk3928 do you know where/when he said that? I'm trying to find it cause I don't remember him saying that

@tracyfunk3928 2 ай бұрын

@@Heybrotruthhurts I've heard it multiple times from a variety of sources. I listen to the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show an awful lot, so that is likely one place I've heard it.

@michaelare 2 ай бұрын

even considering a modest regression, he'll end the season with a ridiculous line. historic season rn

@ferichorct750 2 ай бұрын

If he qualified for the leader board, his slugging% would currently be 7th in the league...hitting 70% singles. Really fun to watch a young hitter have that kind of control and placement, especially combined with some of the good BABIP luck he gets/creates for himself. I hope he stays healthy and gets a real shot at .400. The '94 strike took away Tony Gwynn's chance, and without having much to play for as a team, this would be something good to rally around.

@M1sterSuck Ай бұрын

@@ferichorct750what do you mean by not having much to play for? The team is 22 games over .500

@sendAJtospace Ай бұрын

⁠@@ferichorct750 Wdym not having much to play for? The Guardians are 49-26 and leading the AL Central by a decent margin.

@JL-ec1by 2 ай бұрын

The art of being a leadoff hitter with an good BA and OBP is a lost art. My two favorite players were Henderson and Lofton.

@tracyfunk3928 2 ай бұрын

Lofton was amazing. The most entertaining player in his time.

@isaacjohnstongolf 2 ай бұрын

As a Mariners fan, having another coming of Ichiro is pretty cool to see. He does certain things better than Ichiro did, Ichiro did certain things better than Kwan does. Overall very similar though!

@user-mp3bz3je8n 2 ай бұрын

Facts!!

@tombrown5226 2 ай бұрын

@@tracyfunk3928 UofAZ barely got any use of him in ⚾. This type of player brings excitement to both facets of the game.

@Garrett1240 2 ай бұрын

Joe Morgan and Barry Larkin too.

@Jon-fc2ss 2 ай бұрын

Kwan has 11 3-hit games. He also has 14 strikeouts on the YEAR. Modern day Gwynn/Ichiro

@Edwin-vv8bw 2 ай бұрын

I agree, it's like Joe D in 1941 struckout only 13 times while he hit 56 straight games.

@arcticredpanda4598 Ай бұрын

Kwynchiro

@Laceyplayzroblox 2 ай бұрын

Kwan it's such a phenomenal hitter he doesn't try to do too much he just hit the ball where it's supposed to go and in today's game you don't see a lot of that

@Justin-pq3rq 2 ай бұрын

He’s the best pure hitter in MLB right now. His 3rd season and he’s fully arrived.

@MrHow2fail 2 ай бұрын

Luis Arraez would like a word

@Silo-11 2 ай бұрын

he would ask Kwan how is he doing this

@mattfromcleveland 2 ай бұрын

Quickly becoming a fan favorite in Cleveland. That swing is short and sweet!

@marianekalis1533 2 ай бұрын

For sure

@nofurtherwest3474 2 ай бұрын

But he is Asian. Do Clevelanders like Asians? Asians are big in California but not Ohio

@JabberCT 2 ай бұрын

He must be using the casual, story driven option.

@emmureify 2 ай бұрын

With sliders up too lol

@InspirationLabs-ff8vf 2 ай бұрын

Most exciting player to watch in baseball. People don't know how f'n good he is

@tristanwaechter4450 2 ай бұрын

What really got me is at the beginning of the clip, when the announcer said “First hit in 4 weeks for Kwan, he’s now batting .352”…

@nathansevers24 2 ай бұрын

Well he was injured for 4 weeks it wasn’t a slump

@NoName-fo7mz Ай бұрын

Do you seriously think that he meant he had gone 0-for for 4 weeks? Really think about that.

@Claygoods 2 ай бұрын

hes putting up video game numbers

@SuperJay12jay 2 ай бұрын

MVP!!!!! No one is near him batting average and Gold glove defense!!!!!

@duzzitmatter8679 2 ай бұрын

They don't call him King Kwan for no reason. This kid is a MACHINE! btw...is it me or are those City Connect uni's absolute FIRE??

@JL-ec1by 2 ай бұрын

🔥

@saltygooseundertale7412 2 ай бұрын

🔥

@chijen2010 2 ай бұрын

Give Cleveland lots of credit for being able to spot talent. As they say in Money Ball, he is hardly the prototypical baseball player.

@MNSTgrowth 2 ай бұрын

This guy is beast!! 🔥

@Woofrie 2 ай бұрын

Rod Carew batting champion right here

@Federico-Silva Ай бұрын

I love players like him because they make for an entertaining game. Get a chance to show very good or bad fielding plays. Home Runs are fun and amazing but you can argue they all look the same.

@coachhumph5524 2 ай бұрын

I won't lie, during his rookie season I can't say I saw a potential 400 batting average but I did see a yearly batting crown champion.

@Trodpint-A 2 ай бұрын

It’s Kwan-tifiable..

@duzzitmatter8679 2 ай бұрын

Nice 👌

@JL-ec1by 2 ай бұрын

Not too bad.

@jamesnichols5998 2 ай бұрын

Hear me out - if he keeps this up, even above .375, this season should go down as one of the very best hitting seasons OF ALL TIME! Think about how hard it is to hit against today's pitchers who regularly throw 100+mph. With 90+mph sliders. This is insane

@sigerlion8608 2 ай бұрын

Not to mention, modern defense is also better than 20-30 years ago, let alone 100.

@buddyboye4203 2 ай бұрын

@@sigerlion8608how is defense better? Lol. 20 years was 2004 lol.

@nathanjames7030 Ай бұрын

@@buddyboye4203 The athletes are better.

@buddyboye4203 Ай бұрын

@@nathanjames7030 That's an irresponsible generalization. Based on what data?

@nathanjames7030 Ай бұрын

@@buddyboye4203 No, it's very typical. Athletes have improved in every sport. You notice how many pitchers throw 95+ nowawadays? The average MLB athlete is stronger, faster than 20 years ago.

@KennyKreams 2 ай бұрын

That’s my boy Rich Homie Kwan

@jamo3976 2 ай бұрын

Damn I had no idea he was up so high! History is against him but cheering for him!

@johnbailey2024 2 ай бұрын

He reminds me of ichiro, his swing his game, his defense, and I think he's about the same size

@donkeykong1234 2 ай бұрын

nothing to do with the token asian comp

@johnbailey2024 2 ай бұрын

@@donkeykong1234 what a dry baby remark, Asians do tend to play a more fundamental style of baseball, lots of people make the same comparisons, because it's true, stop being do sensitive, and get back to eating that dog your having for dinner

@Saixjacket Ай бұрын

@@donkeykong1234no, his batting stance is extremely close to ichiro, it’s his timing and the way he holds the bat out from his body after his warm ups. Ball comes off the bat and sounds like ichiros hit.

@shinnijiemo Ай бұрын

クワンは日本にも起源があるので、この活躍は日本人としても嬉しく思います

@JL-ec1by 2 ай бұрын

Lofton's swing was fast and jabby. He'd often be off balance. Kwan's is smooth and compact.

@ralphcarneymovies1919 2 ай бұрын

Kwan is my shepherd.

@GAME7ROCK 2 ай бұрын

he will take us to the promised land

@330wiz7 2 ай бұрын

To be fair he's missed a month so it's really like batting .398 thru may. But I'm a Tribe fan and I'm rooting for him. He's a great player and a great guy. I think he can do it.

@buddyboye4203 2 ай бұрын

You must be fun at parties.

@JS-te2vj Ай бұрын

Finally, Ichiro's successor offensively

@jtk344 Ай бұрын

Kwan is a gold glover too dude this is ichiro with a different approach

@thanhclips Ай бұрын

@@jtk344 Kinda hard to match Ichiro when he batted in 200+ hits for 10 yrs straight. Hope he can get to 200 hits though, that would be cool.

@KlassBlassie 2 ай бұрын

He's raking right now

@coachhumph5524 2 ай бұрын

i don't have ESPN...is anyone on Sportscenter even talking about him? It's obvious their bias would have them finding it hard to shut up about him if he were doing this in a Yankee or Red Sox jersey but I would at least give them credit if they are giving the same attention to him now in a Guardians jersey.

@vydgjkkmbgdhj8482 2 ай бұрын

To be fair Espn hardly talks about baseball at all

@coachhumph5524 2 ай бұрын

@@vydgjkkmbgdhj8482 Oh ok thank you ..They still have broadcast rights to air games though don't they?

@donkeykong1234 2 ай бұрын

well, nobody knew who roccio was until now lol

@williamthompson8591 2 ай бұрын

i was feeling bad for the guy, kwan making him run a lot haha

@munetugu2000 2 ай бұрын

Steve Kwan currently seems to have no discernible weaknesses.

@user-ie6vl9wk4x 2 ай бұрын

Best contact hitter in the league

@Galaxy329-b8r 5 күн бұрын

Steven Kwan Batting Average .398→one month later →.320

@GAME7ROCK 2 ай бұрын

Kwan carrying my fantasy team big time! After I lost acuna i kinda lost hope this season, then kwan returned from IL and went back to work AL BATTING CHAMP 2024

@aceiscool11 2 ай бұрын

Kwan is a dawg!

@slayermcrx7519 Ай бұрын

Cleveland in general is one of the most dangerous teams this season. I like watching cleveland games when my team isn't playing, and I hope they make the playoffs. If they do, I hope they make a deep run.. unless its against my team :)

@tdeiwert1 2 ай бұрын

Better be an all star ⭐️

@_LV32 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately idk with Aaron judge and Juan Soto being outfielders. 100% deserves it but the media doesn’t care

@lleytonaxline7107 2 ай бұрын

There’s 3 OF you know

@Woofrie 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely he should. He's about 100,000 votes behind Kyle Tucker, but he should be able to make it to phase 2

@tdeiwert1 2 ай бұрын

@@Woofrie where do u vote

@TurdFerguson643 2 ай бұрын

He will be, but not as a starter

@imoorzy 2 ай бұрын

He’s having a great season so far. I hope he ends up qualifying for the batting title (3.1 PA per scheduled game) because right now he’s 17.9 PAs behind pace. Luckily he should be able to catch up to that pretty easily.

@kchorman 2 ай бұрын

It's 3.1 PAs per game, and he's like 19 short of that number.

@imoorzy 2 ай бұрын

@@kchorman you’re correct, I read the qualifications incorrectly. My apologies!

@vipperson4938 2 ай бұрын

Difference between plate appearances and ABs?

@gksqor8 2 ай бұрын

@@vipperson4938 walks dont count as ABs

@imoorzy 2 ай бұрын

@@vipperson4938 like I said in a previous reply, I had read the qualifications incorrectly Edit: unless you're genuinely asking what the difference is. A plate appearance just refers to when a batter goes up to the plate to bat. An at bat is when a batter reaches base from a hit, fielders choice, error, or is out on a non sacrifice.

@patrickadamcruz3406 2 ай бұрын

He's good.

@CertifiedJoshua 2 ай бұрын

When I was 12, he actually gave me hitting lessons a few years ago!

@markkwong9512 2 ай бұрын

what did he say?

@keithmoh1 2 ай бұрын

@@markkwong9512 See the ball, hit the ball.

@CertifiedJoshua 2 ай бұрын

@@markkwong9512 he said I had a nice swing, that’s only what I remember lol

@seanabrams6570 2 ай бұрын

Tony Gwynn had 434 strikeouts in a 20 year career. Aaron Judge this season alone has 85. Off the topic but since we were talking about hitting .400. I thought of Tony and his greatness! In 1994 he batted .394

@rizkyazzakky9702 2 ай бұрын

Modern Day Ichiro

@jacksonstoll3674 2 ай бұрын

Vote for him!

@DarealAshfr 2 ай бұрын

luis arreaz now this guy generational

@Seysworld123 2 ай бұрын

KAWN!!!!!!!! The Guard Dawg!!!!!!

@mitchellharding2423 2 ай бұрын

No, he cannot. We have this conversation every year. .398 in June is impressive. It will not last.

@arcticredpanda4598 Ай бұрын

Nobody thought Shohei could exist either

@KlassBlassie 2 ай бұрын

He's Kwanbelievable

@gfresh2fansome 2 ай бұрын

KING KWAN!!!

@prime_football_edits 2 ай бұрын

He is on anothe rlevel

@condlewis 2 ай бұрын

The way he swings the bat kind of has Ichiro vibes

@MadarakiFran 2 ай бұрын

Hes like the taiwan ichiro

@Nhamp2000 Ай бұрын

Choking up on the bat, taking short swings, going to all fields, and difficult to strike out because he protects the plate. Those things, kids, are called fundamentals. He won't hit .400, but it looks like he'll be fun to watch.

@user-bp2xl2ti8p 2 ай бұрын

叶わなかったがガッフェ栗山の見る目が正しかったことが証明された

@WW3_Soon Ай бұрын

The Chinese Ichiro Suzuki.

@Jeff-ge3vj Ай бұрын

just bought his jersey the other day, such a fun player to watch

@elchancho8432 2 ай бұрын

This is literally the first time I’ve heard anyone almost hitting .400 this season Crazy

@tracyfunk3928 2 ай бұрын

He has more 3 hit games than he does 0 hit games, and more walks than strikouts.

@donkeykong1234 2 ай бұрын

weren't they talking about arraez last year?

@EM_G10 2 ай бұрын

That's because no one has come close to hitting .400 in basically the last century. The best single season BA post 1950 is a .394 which happened 30 years ago.

@kyyk350 Ай бұрын

New Ichiro

@carseye1219 2 ай бұрын

He won't hit .400, that's just too hard, but there's every indication that he can stay above .350 for the year. He's even had a few games this year where he hits ropes but right at fielders. How he maintains such balance with that leg kick is beyond me.

@thlee3 Ай бұрын

as an AA person my heart is about to burst with pride

@johnslavik7629 2 ай бұрын

Kwanimal.

@457max 2 ай бұрын

He will qualify for batting stats by the middle of July. The current leader in batting average in the American League is Bobby Witt Jr., who is batting... .314.

@spongecake951 2 ай бұрын

haven't been paying to baseball much but hitting close to .400 is nutty

@Victor-it6bv Ай бұрын

Modern Ichiro

@feefop9858 Ай бұрын

He's hot right now....there will be a stretch where he comes back to earth...the ground balls go right to the fielders, the bloops carry a little further out.... He'll end up around .350 or so.

@stephenmathews5507 Ай бұрын

Kwan could get a hit in every remaining game, and his BA would drop. Crazy.

@CBUCK1994 2 ай бұрын

this guy swings better than most pros

@Galaxy329-b8r Ай бұрын

Steven Kwan Batting Average .398→10 days later →.373

@bostoncityofchampions6581 2 ай бұрын

Jerry McGuire is Kwan's Ambassador of Quan. Pay the man.

@Cornpop69 Ай бұрын

He may have just turned the corner and become a real top outfielder for the next 5-7 years. I’d bet on it

@larrybaldwin8325 2 ай бұрын

Really, Really wish he were on my ORIOLES!! Would add an Amazing Dimension to that Offense!!

@gamemeister27 2 ай бұрын

His BABIB is .418, so no, he's gonna slide a little bit. That said, what a season!

@donkeykong1234 2 ай бұрын

that's like saying joey gallo's babib is .250 so he's going to improve.

@gamemeister27 2 ай бұрын

@@donkeykong1234 Not really. There's a range of babip that can be maintained over a long sample, and .418 is outside it. Even in Ichiro's hit record season, in which he did get somewhat lucky over the course of the whole season with balls in play, his babip was 0.399.

@BlooketWarriorYT 2 ай бұрын

absolutely

@user-pk7sw3te7x 2 ай бұрын

2026年のWBCで何とか日本代表として戦ってくれないかなぁ～

@_MaxHeadroom_ Ай бұрын

If the season ended today he would have the 19th highest average since 1940

@Pcoxproductions 2 ай бұрын

Yes he’ll hit .450 if he continues his training protocol If not he’ll hit .412

@PainandSorrow Ай бұрын

Doubtful, but he's sure a lot of fun to watch.

@1dash133 Ай бұрын

He's cooled off quite a bit... batting just 9/41 (.220) in the last 10 games. His overall batting average is still a sizzling .377.

@duewhit310 Ай бұрын

Tony Gwynn .394 George Brett .390 Rod Carew .388

@oldschoolben438 2 ай бұрын

Watching the Jays score no runs despite getting on base at a decent clip and metric stans saying “average isn’t a good stat” - well actual singles may be becoming undervalued now that everything’s a walk or a home run. Kwan’s offensive value is clearly more than what’s showing on his OPS.