Yoan Moncada is some kind of dialed in.
For the second time in as many days, Moncada smacked a leadoff home run to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead.
Wednesday, he did it in the bottom of the first inning against Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners, taking the first pitch out of the yard. Thursday, he waited until pitch No. 2 to go deep of Jakob Junis and put the South Siders on top of the Kansas City Royals in the top of the first.
Moncada came into Thursday night's series-opener slashing .333/.421/.848 over his previous nine games. In his last 10, including Thursday, he now has nine extra-base hits, five home runs, nine RBIs and nine runs scored. This latest long ball moved him into a tie with Jose Abreu for the team lead, with six on the campaign.
So maybe Robinson Cano's assessment of Moncada as a potential superstar of the future might be on point.