College Athlete Continues To Hammer Homers As NCAA Season Continues, Garners Attention From MLB
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The NC State Wolfpack may well have discovered a diamond in the rough. With the NCAA Baseball season resuming, baseball fans that have been clamoring for action finally seem to have gotten their due. And when it rains, it truly pours. With Tommy White putting together a run that is bound to catch eyeballs across the country, he even turned some Major League athletes’ attention. The hitter has racked up some mind-boggling numbers, and if he keeps going at his current clip, he is sure to beat some solid records this season.
Tommy White, grabbed the news recently when he smashed 5 home runs in 3 games for the NC State Wolfpack and hasn’t slowed down since. More recently, he grabbed another homer in their series against Quinnipiac to take his complete tally to 9 from 8 collegiate games. Major League baseballers like Trea Turner too stood up to take notice.
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Bro… we need to hit next off-season.. Need to learn this home run everyday thing! #TommyTanks https://t.co/zBI37ThMWz
— Trea Turner (@treavturner) February 26, 2022
The shortstop took to Twitter to get in touch with the college athlete. While expressing his amazement at the young athlete’s offensive output. Wrote Turner, “Need to learn this home-run everyday thing!”
White has made quite an impact in the NCAA so far; he stands to make his way up the ranks quickly if he continues his current trajectory. With serious MLB sources standing up to take notice too.
Where were you when Tommy Tanks took the game of baseball and put it on his back during an MLB lockout?
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) February 27, 2022
They really didn’t have to zoom in on the pitcher like that. Also might come as a surprise if you live under a rock, but Tommy Tanks did it again for @NCStateBaseball pic.twitter.com/tJFsOcM1yt
— Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47) February 26, 2022
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Tommy White dominates NCAA landscape again
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Making his college baseball debut this season, the first baseman seems to have made quite a splash right from the word go. Racking an impressive tally, White seems to be running through college sides. Across his first eight games with the Wolfpack, White has racked up an incredible 29 RBIs and posted a 1.412 slugging percentage. He even leads some team tallies for home runs in the NCAA.
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However, the hot streak is not something that White himself expected to be on so early in.
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Saying all the right things so far, White deferred to team performance even speaking about his astounding numbers. White said, “I’m not really focused on how many I hit, just focused on hard contact, focusing on the game and the wins.”
And with the season progressing at its current clip, White could well stand to beak a few slugging records by the time we wrap up 2022. Until then, we have the show that he is treating us to anyway. But do you think he can keep it going?
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