He's been white-hot to start the season and now has six home runs and 16 RBI in the Dodgers' first eight games. He is just the third player in history to have six homers and 16 RBI in the first eight games of a season, joining Eddie Mathews (in 1953) and Alex Rodriguez (in 2007). The Dodgers as a team have hit 21 home runs through eight games, which is the second-best in baseball history behind the year 2000 Cardinals team that hit 23 bombs through eight games.