STEVEN KWAN CANNOT BE RETIRED! The Guardians rookie has reached base FIFTEEN TIMES in FOUR GAMES!

Kwan 15 times on base.
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[@markf5931]

Throwback to the 80s type of hitting. Need more guys like him in today's MLB

[@SkeletonCrew96]

Exactly right. Manufacturing a run is just as good as a homerun. Lost art.

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

Fletch and Brantley are great examples. They're the top 2 active players in lowest swinging strike rates. As a Clevelander, I was on the hype train when I heard Brantley comps

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

@TheSportsGuru Kwan could probably do that but he's like Fletcher with the eye of Trout (but with like more pop imo, prob a 10-15 HR guy regularly). I actually just saw a tweet that he has the longest streak of pitches to start a career without wiffing (115) since 2000 and Fletch had the previous high (100)

[@aaron0693]

They want the game to be more exciting. They have to find a way to make slap hitters valuable again

[@markf5931]

@@aaron0693 I wouldn't call Kwan a slapper hitter, but MSGA sounds good!

[@Grievous_]

This just shows you that you don’t need to swing for the moon for a homerun everytime you come up to bat, when this kid comes up to at bat he’s just trying to figure out how to get on base wether it’s a Walk, Single, Double or Triple and I think the players who hit for avg and have a high on base % are more valuable than all them power hitters that just want homers and because of that their avg and on base % drop dramatically.

[@kennynguyen6246]

Yeah man glad to see we getting more people who playing like Ichiro here.

[@twanxz4955]

True.

[@lcglazer]

Billy Beane: someone understands. "He gets on base." And I see you're an A's fan.

[@Vossenator]

This is exactly how I played in little league. No need for power swings just hit the ball in a way or place that gets you on base. Once I was on base, I was super fast and would steal bases left and right and score runs.

[@howo357]

He reminded me Ichiro

[@gostlcardinals510]

About a year ago I was out to eat and saw Steven Kwan. This was the time when he was a Columbus Clippers and I met him talk to him and he was super nice. Later in the year I went to the Clippers game said what’s up and he gave me is Autograph a couple times it’s so cool to see how quickly he’s done well

[@evanherynk5863]

Here's hoping your autograph becomes literal gold and he becomes a mainstay in the league. Love watching him hit.

[@howo357]

Hold onto it. Your autograph is going to worth a lot of money.

[@8Jhartzell]

How bout them dime a dog nights?? Man those are the best days of baseball ⚾️

[@hopeinsf]

Kwan grew up in my hometown and there is so much pressure to go the corporate route as a career, plus growing up Asian American too in Silicon Valley, he worked his butt off (grew up in Fremont, CA)

[@BrandonYoungMusic]

Couldn’t be more true

[@ruckus181]

Fremont represent! Just found out about Steven today!

[@jon9394]

Wow. What a player. This young boy has all the makings of a great player. Reminds me of the older days when players actually hit for average and made it priority to get on base. Not just homer or strike out.

[@a4ur8]

He has a good eye and some serious patience at the plate.

[@SkeletonCrew96]

That a smooth confident swing. Really understands that the object of this game is to not get out. Basics and keeping it simple will win more than fence chasing. Love it. Would have really fit in on the '95 team.

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

Honestly at the end of the day that's what "moneyball" was and then that morphed into "three true outcomes" but the core is intuitive. Get on base, don't get out

[@DudeTotally1000]

We need more slap hitters/on-base guys like Kwan here. Overall I think it would make the league more exciting, it's better than watching guys strike out and fly out all the time swinging for the fences imo.

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

And Cleveland has Straw leading off who is of a similar mold and we signed him for another half decade. J-Ram gonna have two guys like that in front of him for years now

[@noschieb]

reminds me of Ichiro

[@caseywinkler850]

I think harrison bader on the cardinals has a similar looking swing

[@TruthOperator81]

@@ezridaxsgender3914 welp

[@hhmking6852]

Mr. Kwan really makes the show fun at bat and running the bases.

[@savionsmith5767]

Aye, I knew nothing about about this dude, but now I do. This dude can play

[@michaelhearty6879]

He has yet to swing and miss so far this season.

[@TehStormOG]

what

[@whitepeach3804]

That is including spring camp haha never got k including spring camp this guy career k٪ is below 7

[@evanherynk5863]

As of today's game vs. the Reds another hit and two more walks. No swings and misses.

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

Or in Spring Training...and they did some research on one of the broadcast and the Cleveland announcers said the last time was mid September

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

His swinging strike rate in 2021 was 2.7%. as a career MLB rate since they've had the measurements (90s and beyond) that would be 2nd best during that period between Luis Castillo and Juan Pierre

[@baseballmaniac5160]

you think that he will eventually come back down to earth, but he hasn't yet. it's amazing at what this kid can do.

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

He can't keep up the luck but he definitely feels like a guy who will regularly hit above or around .300 with a good walk rate. Almost like a mini Ricky except definitely less speed

[@iamthasecond]

We used to hit the quan... now the kwan is hitting back 💀

[@xbelovid1157]

I’m disappointed in myself that I laughed at that 🤦🏾‍♂️😂

[@HKim0072]

Reminds me of Ichiro with his knowledge of the strike zone and getting the bat on ball.

[@imightbebiased9311]

Lookin' like Stevechiro out there. :D

[@bmwall2222]

Kwan former Oregon State Beaver I trust will serve Cleveland well.

[@ST-lb9tt]

Patient, good contact hitter, clutch...fun to watch. He's a Chinese Ichiro (ChinChiro)

[@MSUHitman]

Looking forward to his MLB The Show Topps Now card on Friday …

[@samnapier5277]

Rookie of the year hype starts here!!!

[@applejack23c]

I got witt

[@samnapier5277]

@@applejack23c good choice as well

[@twanxz4955]

Amazing stuff by Kwan! So happy to have him in Cleveland. Let's go!!!

[@SSNESS]

Cleveland Indians

[@avonbarksdale91]

@@SSNESS I actually like the new logo tho LOL

[@CaryKelly11]

Kwan has cooled off since this video was posted 3 days ago. He's only hitting .526 now, reaching base 19 times in 6 games.

[@howo357]

Only?

[@stupidperson1829]

bro you dont understand how absolutely ABNORMAL a batting average of .526 is.

[@ek9385]

@@stupidperson1829 Username checks out.

[@hunterchandley4116]

I was always smallest on my teams but the biggest heart an soul an the main thing GOT ON BASE love this kid he's proving that home runs isn't the only thing that matter

[@brandonjung6858]

Watched him at Oregon state, just a scrappy ball player will make you earn every out against him

[@blaze-robello1]

He definitely was the table setter for the 2017 and 2018 Beaver teams. Broke my heart when he got injured, can't remember if it was during or just before the 2018 CWS, and he had to watch from the dugout. So glad he's finally getting his due, hopefully he'll keep it up.

[@danbrown2097]

He pulled his hamstring just before the championship series against Arkansas at the 2018 CWS, only made one pinch hitting appearance in that series. With him, the OSU offense was much better though they won it anyway.

[@Biotoze]

That 3 run triple was beautiful.

[@zachlee7945]

i love the colour commenator sounding like a dad

[@dasschnellsten]

Kwan’s ability to get on base was a major part of the OSU championship. Long live the dynasty

[@abramcedeno9716]

never heard the name before but youre right,he cant get out

[@denniswilkerson5536]

Smart batters are something the Guardians have been needing, got us a future ‘Old Reliable’ right there.

[@OGplays8]

Yesss

[@thekman15]

Kwan for ROTY?!?

[@vojtechnovacek7776]

What about Seiya Suzuki?

[@AAAAA-es8zn]

@@vojtechnovacek7776 There is ROTY for both AL and NL

[@vojtechnovacek7776]

@@AAAAA-es8zn Oh yeah, I don't know how I forgot that 😅

[@johnq.8167]

I drafted Ohtani in the 9th round of last year's fantasy draft, won my league - I also had Sal Perez on my team. This year I missed the draft and my team was autodrafted with Jo Adell, I've seen enough - I just dropped Jo Adell for Kwan.

[@tylerm7408]

trust, Jo is going to have a breakout year, if he stays healthy

[@jasonthemagnificent2.0]

Jo hit HR and double yesterday

[@TheZombieeeeeee]

Kwan going down as one of the best fantasy baseball rookie waiver pickups ever

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

I would've dropped someone else if I could but I'd love to have both on my team tbh

[@dhuang220]

Let’s go Steven! Been doing it since his Niles little league days

[@ruckus181]

Fremont represent! Love old town Niles

[@tokra7776]

He'll probably never win an MVP but he is way more valuable to a team than the .200 hitter with 40 HR and 200 strikeouts

[@basehead617]

he had a huge slump and was all the way down to .240 or so but bounced back and was over .300 in the last week of the season.. barely dropped below to end at .298

[@HdRNerd]

Wow this video taught me that the are named "Guardians" now :D had no clue before^^

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

They've done a poor job marketing the name. I went onto their website last week before the season started (bc I am a Kwan hipster like that lol) and their pic for buying a Kwan jersey said "Indians"

[@aceball7076]

This guy Steven Kwan is 'low key'. But he's been unbelievable. So far.

[@jasonthemagnificent2.0]

That was very impressive

[@Disembow1280]

Good eye at the plate, prioritizes contact over power, sprays the ball all over the field, excellent speed...if Kwan tightens up his defense is it too soon to say that we may have a 2001 Ichiro on our hands?

[@Bievahh]

Yes it is. It's been one series, that's straight disrespectful to Ichiro

[@KASHYAP772]

It is early to say this is the next 2001 Ichiro but he has all the makings of a high quality contact hitter. He could easily hit for .330 this year.

[@lucasware351]

beside it being too early to label anything, he really not similiar to ichiro at all other than they are both under 6ft and asian.

[@Disembow1280]

@@lucasware351 I just wanted to see how much of a rise I got out of people for my hot take. Thanks for taking the bait

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

@@Bievahh Kwan had a lower swinging strike in the minors than Ichiro did in any year of his career. There were plenty of amazing contact hitters a decade or so ago that had less longevity and other skills

[@donkeykong1234]

this is like watching a 20 yr old ichiro

[@jiggacho]

As an Asian American. Happy to see an Asian American playing American Pro Sports. It's pretty rare to see an Asian American play American pro sports. There's been plenty of Asian imports playing American pro sports.

[@hg-hf5co]

We miss baseball

[@erick2807]

Guardians Effect

[@patw3611]

A very similar approach to Ichiro... seems to just focus more on making contact rather than hitting the ball out of the ballpark.

[@kensnedegar5925]

Reminds me of Pete Rose and Wade Boggs young man is very good at hitting Annie can see the ball very well

[@Vossenator]

That girl Annie has a good set of eyes!

[@ImthatOneDude]

Omg this man is crazy

[@Joe_Konen]

Hes not 6 2 230 pounds,but he knows he 5 8 and guys like him are not hitting 30+ homers a year so he puts the ball in play and has good discipline

[@TDW28]

Hit the Kwan🤣

[@pioneerjay3575]

ASIAN REPRESENT

[@cmad2345]

It’s incredible how many generational talents start their career in Cleveland. He may be the next.

[@berny7208]

Steven

[@RippyClippy]

Best player in Guardians history

[@johnnywaffles]

Steven Kwan cannot be....retired? I know what that means in baseball, but still an odd choice of words.

[@masonfuchs9003]

Amazing rookie

[@heiltecn9ne]

The guardians? God damn society is soft.

[@TimmiiGamingChannel]

He looks like the next Ichiro.

[@johnfoster2584]

This is how you play baseball

[@JackycClark]

Main objective - Get On Base = Winning Baseball

[@Thatwhiteblackkid]

He’s really fast twitchy. Like VERY fast twitchy.

[@sandgaijin]

It's like the second coming of Tony Gwynn. Keep it up kid!

[@StephenPShaw]

What Kwan't he do?

[@mullaneymike79]

wrath of Kwan

[@TheYoungMontana]

He's the perfect lead off hitter, love his game.

[@jbvap]

I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the tribe being the “guardians” such an awful name.

[@Antonin1738]

He gets on base - Billy Bean

[@ryank0351]

Asian baseball players are doing good this season. Kwan,otani, Suzuki

[@trer24]

Kwan is American. He was born and raised in Los Gatos, CA. Literally took 10 seconds to google that.

[@edmondtam88]

@@trer24 he's not wrong. He didn't say he wasn't American.

[@clarkesmith.]

@@edmondtam88 he's wrong lol Ohtani and Suzuki are Asians (not only of Asian race but born and raised in Asia). Steven Kwan is American

[@billiemack64]

Can’t wait to get a Kwan moments card in The Show ‘22

[@Chiwalker]

Moneyball likes this guy

[@MrOmegacutz]

Remind me of Ichiro. Slap hitter :)

[@anthonychi5781]

Reminds me of ichiro😮

[@jzplayinggame]

Man great highlights but definitely needed the camera to jerk around and sway some more. Could I get a fuzzier and shakier video I really enjoyed that headache

[@RonRon-ks1rf]

We have a good one

[@MrTtranpds]

Looking at his profile 5"9 170lbs scouts would pass him up immediately.

[@PHN-2024]

Is KC really a MLB quality team?

[@brentduanefoster]

Well, who do we have here? From the looks of this compilation, doesn’t necessarily hit for power, but he’s definitely an on-base threat. Looks like he’s got some speed too. Gotta see what that defense do, tho!

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

He had +3 DRS (defensive runs saved) and +1 by Statcast's outs above average through the first few games. He did have one non error (not called) error when he dropped a ball that tbh was in the sun but he had to charge and it was bases loaded

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

Aka his one error so far was trying to do too much and maximize the momentum before a throw home to get a double play. He looked like a good defensive CF in AAA and we've already got Straw so at least on D, feels like having Betts+JBJ as a fan rn

[@nogoodhandlesavailable]

ROTY contender for real

[@georgetsang5780]

Reminded of Rod Carew.

[@TheUncleJohn1]

Ichiro vibes

[@korswe]

Kwan reminds me of Bret Butler of the SF Giants.

[@Raul-gm1jc]

It's like an Ichiro

[@SCFick318]

Reminds me of Magglio and Ichiro, simple and smooth

[@adipsous]

Giants, find a way to get this guy. Local kid, on base genius, would be beautiful for our team.

[@Feanor026]

He couldn't hit at all against us in 3 games tho'. The guardians were the best offesnsive team then they've scored only 4 runs in 3 games against the Giants pitchers :D

[@rockzyk1291]

Dude woulda been RotY in any other year, but it just happened to be stacked with rookie talent.

[@wilkesmcdermid7906]

The Bay Areas version of Ichiro

[@Kaz-vf8yh]

I actually am very close with him I’ve gone camping many of times with him he is the one of the nicest people I have ever met

[@davidparnell1903]

Good video

[@sleeptime5464]

he must be a super fan of ichiro and he runs super fast too

[@willievickers2189]

This guy? All-star for real! Think I'm lying?

[@砂糖学]

クワン凄すぎ

[@jermainerodgers]

Nice . Lets go steven kwan 🔥🔥

[@eyebeebak]

Do people realize 15 times in 4 games means he never missed a hit?

[@ezridaxsgender3914]

He's never missed putting a ball in play or getting on base of that's what you mean

[@Dreco_Moore]

ELITE SLIDE AT SECOND BASE @1:04

[@Baegitte]

Asians coming up big in the MLB!!! 💯

[@monkeytrollhunter]

More Asian American professional athletes!

[@pureblood3388]

Go Beavers!!

[@PM2024-]

Straight fire 🔥

[@jimc.goodfellas]

Killer Kwan

[@jzplayinggame]

wait they're called the guardians now lol

[@pauljaimepanis8362]

He knows what his role as a leadoff. Just get on base and pressure the battery. If he muscles up a bit and he might average 30 homers.

[@taze27]

If he continues to get a hit at every at bat from now to the end of the season, he'll get 970+ hits in one season, obliterating Ichiro's record of 262. 😄

[@upsidedownlogic175]

They even had Singer try to get him off his rhythm with the HBP.. What did he do? Comes back and almost hits a tater.. Man what a start!

[@lifejourney8704]

Kwansanity!