Entering May, it looked like Vinnie Pasquantino’s unfortunate and untimely thumb injury of 2024 lingered. Before that game, which was the finale of a three-game series in Tampa, Pasquatch owned one ugly slash line: .177/.242/.327.

It’s pretty amazing, then, that he ended the season with an OPS of .798, 20% above league average, while setting career highs in games played, runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBIs, slugging percentage, total bases, and bWAR.

His 32 home runs paced the Royals and were tied for 17th in the Majors while his 113 RBIs also topped the Royals and placed him sixth in all of baseball. He was one of only 14 players (including teammate Salvador Perez) to punch at least 30 homers while driving in at least 100 runs.

Perhaps most importantly, Pasquantino was available.

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