MLB is one of the most followed sports in the world. Home to the world’s most-followed athletes, here is a list of the top 5 most followed athletes on Twitter:
5. Bryce Harper (1M followers)
Harper currently plays for the Philadelphia Phillies as a right fielder. Although his glory comes from his previous records while his stay in Washington Nationals. He is a 6 times MLB All-Star and has a great fan following. He recently completed the milestone of 1M followers on Twitter with around 2.5K tweets.
4. Miguel Cabrera (1.1M followers)
This Venezuelan athlete who currently plays as a first baseman for the Detroit Tigers is one of the most followed MLB athletes on Twitter. Being an 11-time All-Star, Miggy has a total of 1.5K tweets and a total of 1.1M followers on his hold.
His frequency is slightly less than the others on the list but is seen reminiscing some of the moments in baseball through his tweets.
3. David Ortiz (1.5M followers)
Ortiz a.k.a Big Papi is a ten-time MLB All-Star who formerly played as a first baseman for Boston Red Cox. This 3 time World Time Champion has a large number of fans and has a following of 1.5M followers, the highest among the former players.
This Legend was not able to leave the game behind and is seen tweeting about the current games very often. He has a total of 2.5K tweets on his Twitter handle.
2. Mike Trout (2.5M followers)
Nine-time MLB All-Star, Mike Trout is regarded as one of the best players in the baseball scenario. In his astounding career, he has gathered an enormous amount of supporters for himself which makes him the number two on our list. He has over 2.5M followers with just 5k tweets on his account.
He regularly posts his game updates and lets his followers know where he will be traveling next.
1. Yu Darvish (2.6M followers)
This Japanese Baseball pitcher is currently the most followed baseball athlete on Twitter. He frequently posts on this social media platform about his performance and daily life. He has over 2.6 million followers as of June 2022 and a total of 21 thousand tweets. Although most of his tweets are in Japanese, he still has a great amount of foreign following.
He openly brags about being a foodie and often posts media related to food and cuisine.
