Two City Royals superstars named among AL MVP frontrunners at the break…
Bobby Witt Jr. stepped to the plate in the final round of Monday’s T-Mobile Home Run Derby. A few feet away, Witt’s parents, Laurie and Bobby Sr., cheered from their seats at Globe Life Field with a gleeful look in their eyes. Next to them sat Witt’s sisters, Nikki and Kianna, and the Kansas City Royals star’s fiancée, Maggie.
Their phones were bombarded with texts, but they couldn’t look away from the action on the field. Most of those messages came from halfway across the globe:
Witt’s other sister, Shaley, was rooting for him in Japan. Shaley, who is married to former major-league outfielder Cody Thomas, watched every swing feverishly — with TV commentary in Japanese, of course — while waiting to board a bullet train from Mt.
Fuji to Osaka. She wasn’t going to miss her little brother’s historic moment. The world wouldn’t miss it either. Witt introduced himself on a national stage during All-Star week.
The five-tool athlete selected second overall by the Royals in the 2019 MLB Draft had delivered on his promise. He has reached a pinnacle of the sport and now stands on the doorstep of superstardom. Fans are gravitating to his trademark smile and joyful hubris, his strokes of genius with a bat and glove and touch of hometown flair.
