If you asked any MLB player about their ultimate career goal, I'd be prepared to bet that most, if not all, would mention reaching the baseball playoffs and winning it all in October. Everyone is looking toward the big prize, but baseball is much more than a game leading to one final series.'
Incredible players often find themselves in the MLB history books for achieving seemingly impossible feats, though few are as rare and impressive as having hit for the cycle.'
A player completes the cycle if they hit a single, double, triple, and home run in the same game. If the player records these hits in the listed order, it is known as a natural cycle, which has only been completed 14 times in modern MLB history.
For the second time in his career, Nolan Arenado has hit for the cycle! pic.twitter.com/hPedQh87Wc