2021 Arizona Fall League

Given his line it is hard to imagine what was accomplished. 4 uninspiring innings. Another philosophical differences dodge.

Another positive about Yepez, as far as suitability as a DH, PH is he doesn’t have a noticeable platoon split. He’s good vs anybody.

Pallante has quietly had a very good AFL. He could be a middle of the rotation guy, or at least power reliever to start his career.

Maybe the Ultimate Cycle?

What is it called if a player hits a single, double, triple, and homer in order?

The “NUC”, or “Natural Ultimate Cycle”, would be walk, sacrifice, hbp, single, double, triple and……….what if we made it tremendously difficult and added a granny to the mix? And what would we call it? ZTR? So it would be a walk, sacrifice, hbp, single, double, triple, homer and grand slam. Along this same vein, I wonder if the following has ever been accomplished? This does NOT have to be hit in order( we don’t want to be ridiculous )…..solo homer, 2-run homer, 3-run homer and granny…..by one player in a single game?

This does NOT have to be hit in order( we don’t want to be ridiculous )…..solo homer, 2-run homer, 3-run homer and granny…..by one player in a single game?

According to the wiki link Brian provided above, this is called the “homer cycle”. It has never been accomplished at the MLB level but has happened at other levels.

A “home run cycle”—hitting home runs with zero, one, two, and three runners on base, all in the same game—has not been accomplished in MLB. As of 2020, only 18 players have hit four home runs in an MLB game, and only twice has one of the home runs been a grand slam. The home run cycle has been accomplished at other levels of play; examples include: Minor League Baseball, in July 1998 by Tyrone Horne for the Arkansas Travelers;[17] college softball, in April 2011 by Florida State Seminoles player Samantha Posey, sister of San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey[18] and in February 2019 by Arkansas Razorbacks player Danielle Gibson;[19] high school baseball, in April 2019 by a player for Perrysburg High School in Ohio;[20] and Little League Baseball, in June 2014 by a player in Elkton, Maryland.[21]

I love talking about cycles. Hitting for the cycle certainly isn’t as impressive as some other hitting feats, but it’s notable because it’s a rare and neat sequence of events, especially when you throw in the natural cycle.

I struck out for the cycle in high school. Once looking, once swinging, once bunting foul with 2 strikes, once swinging and missing on pitch that actually hit me, and the fifth time when the ump rang me up before I stepped in the batter’s box to speed the game along. The ump also tossed my coach for sending me to the plate again. Many major leaguers have the platinum sombrero on their resumes, but not nearly as impressive as my cycle.