Both slugging first basemen began their careers with the Athletics, and are off to eerily similar starts to their big-league careers. Who holds the edge?

Nick Kurtz is just 22 years old and has only played in 68 big league games. But one of those games just so happens to also be one of the best offensive performances in MLB history. On July 25 against the Houston Astros, the fourth-overall pick in the 2024 MLB Amateur Draft went 6-for-6 with four home runs, two doubles and eight RBI.

Featured in this week’s MLB Power Rankings, the Blue Jays keep on rising, Aaron Judge is hurting, the Tigers are slipping, the Mariners make the first big move before the trade deadline, Emmanuel Clase is probably not on the trade block anymore, rookie slugger Nick Kurtz has perhaps the best game by a hitter in MLB history, and much more:

The Big Amish has taken over the baseball world. Heck, there’s already a Big Amish T-shirt that has been produced and was distributed to the lockers of several players inside the Athletics clubhouse at Sutter Health Park on Monday afternoon.

The Athletics rookie sensation's girlfriend is his Wake Forest college sweetheart that he likes to keep private. She keeps a low profile too.