KANSAS CITY -- Bobby Witt Jr. loves the color blue, incorporating it into all of his equipment accessories over the years. It comes with the territory of being one of the faces of the franchise for the Kansas City Royals.

But on Friday, he opted for purple.

2025 Players' Weekend

On the first day of Players’ Weekend , Witt wore purple-accented cleats and wielded a dark purple bat to raise awareness for pancreatic cancer, in honor of his agent, Scott Pucino, who passed away because of the disease earlier this year.

Back on May 1, the day of Pucino’s funeral, Witt was playing in Tampa with the Royals and homered as part of their sweep of the Rays -- one of the best ways to honor Pucino, a lifelong baseball fan and longtime agent who not only represented Witt, but also his father, Bobb

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