Pirates' Spencer Horwitz primed for post-Blue Jays lift off
These stats are actually hard to believe.
Pirates' Spencer Horwitz primed for post-Blue Jays lift off originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Spencer Horwitz was sent from the Toronto Blue Jays to the Pittsburgh Pirates midway through last season.
And no, none of us noticed how good he was after the move. "Here is perhaps our favorite fun fact of the 2025 season: Which team had the best offensive production out of first base over the final two months of the season? " MLB.
com's Mike Petriello wrote in a new article on Saturday. "You’re thinking maybe the Blue Jays (Vladimir Guererro Jr. ) or Dodgers (Freddie Freeman) or A’s (Nick Kurtz) or any of the other clubs with stars at first and … well, no.
It was the Pirates . Yes, really. Horwitz still counts as a breakout possibility because you absolutely did not notice this while it was happening.