{"id":2078417,"date":"2025-10-09T01:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2078417"},"modified":"2025-10-09T01:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:09:52","slug":"royals-make-bobby-witt-jr-request-after-missing-mlb-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-make-bobby-witt-jr-request-after-missing-mlb-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Make Bobby Witt Jr. Request After Missing MLB Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Kansas City Royals missed the MLB playoffs in 2025, yet that was not because of superstar Bobby Witt Jr., who has continued to be one of the league\u2019s most exciting talents.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old shortstop built on his breakout campaign in 2024 with another incredible season. Over 157 games, Witt owned a .295 batting average, .351 on-base percentage, .852 OPS, 23 home runs and 88 RBIs. Witt led all of MLB with 184 hits and 47 doubles, yet the Royals did not provide enough support around him. Fortunately for Kansas City, Witt will remain with the club long-term after inking an 11-year, $288.7 million contract in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (7) selected as a finalist for the 2025 Hank Aaron Award.\u00a9 Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the Royals enter the offseason with the goal of building a team prepared for October baseball in 2026, Kansas City announced that Witt had been selected as a finalist for the 2025 Hank Aaron Award by MLB. The team made a request to fans on X and wrote, \u201cBobby has been named a finalist for the 2025 Hank Aaron award! Vote for our guy today!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Witt is among the ten finalists for the American League\u2019s Hank Aaron Award, marking his second career nomination for the honor. If selected, it would be his first time receiving the award, which recognizes the league\u2019s top offensive performer.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Witt has continued to build up his trophy case after making his big-league debut in 2022. He collected his second consecutive All-Star selection this year and has already earned a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger.<\/p>\n<p>Witt has continued to excel in every aspect of the game. He features elite speed on the basepaths along with impressive range at shortstop. With Witt locked into the top of the order long-term, Kansas City will have its face of the franchise for the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/royals-send-message-bobby-witt-172715605.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Royals Send Message After Bobby Witt Jr. News on Monday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Related: Royals Send Message After Bobby Witt Jr. News on Monday<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>This story was originally reported by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\/royals-make-bobby-witt-jr-request-after-missing-mlb-playoffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Athlon Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Athlon Sports<\/a> on Oct 6, 2025, where it first appeared in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MLB;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">MLB<\/a> section. 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Over 157 games, Witt owned a .295 batting average, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2078418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[91466,389684,310650,43627,25866],"class_list":["post-2078417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-bobby-witt-jr","tag-hank-aaron-award","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-mlb"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Royals-Make-Bobby-Witt-Jr-Request-After-Missing-MLB-Playoffs.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2078417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078419,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078417\/revisions\/2078419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2078418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2078417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2078417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2078417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}