Harold Capote Fernandez
The 2022 Major League season is already approaching the doors of its second month of actions, in this journey the Venezuelan talent has stood out in a particular way in the defensive position number 4, OJO, has shone for both offensive and defensive reasons.
There are so many names that from now on, facing the World Baseball Classic next year, the interesting, fun and complicated convergence of arguments arises to try to justify who should be the Creole third baseman in this competition.
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For now, let’s review what his performance has been in the current tournament at the highest level of baseball, that is, from the offensive field, in another installment we will review his defensive numbers.
Jose Altuve
“Astroboy” has to head the list, his name weighs too much, an award as Most Valuable Player, 3 batting titles, 5 Silver Sluggers, 1 Gold Glove, Most Valuable Player in the Championship Series, .307 average, .359 on-base percentage, .463 slugging percentage and .822 OPS, those last four are lifetime figures.
In addition, in the current MLB campaign the “Little Giant” is number 1 among second basemen in home runs (10) slugging (.513), OPS (.860), is third in on-base percentage (.347) and sixth on average (.270).
Luis Arraez
The presence of Jorge Polanco in the Minnesota Twins means that the one from San Felipe, until now, has played more as a first baseman, although his original position is second.
Underpinning the Majors, to date, in batting average (.358) and on-base percentage (.447) is more than enough to seriously consider someone who has received words of praise from Rod Carew himself.
“La Regadera” also, with his virtuous contact and extensive knowledge of the strike zone, presents the fourth lowest percentage of strikeouts in the entire MLB (8.5%).
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Gleyber Torres
We still need to see the same boy again who dazzled with his torrid offense in 2019, but we have to be optimistic because Eusebio’s son is coming up the line, we see this in his position in some offensive sections between second basemen:
He is first in home runs (10), third in slugging (.476), fourth in RBIs (26), seventh in OPS (.762); furthermore, among the starting shovelers of the New York Yankees, only Isiah Kiner-Falefa has struck out less (31), Gleyber with his 33 strikeouts has a percentage of 18, the average figure for major league sluggers is 22.3%.
Cesar Hernandez
His record shows that he has been a respectable bat (.270 for life with a .344 OBP), so the fact that in 2022 no second baseman has had more hits than the Valencian (63) should not surprise us.
Similarly, he is second in runs scored (33), third in doubles (14), sixth in average (.270) and seventh in OBP (.325).
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Thairo Estrada
What he has done so far with the San Francisco Giants has traces of bells and whistles, we mean how many expected Bejuma’s to be third in scoring (31), third in stolen bases (8) and fifth in average (.275 ) among his colleagues at second base?
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Luis Guillorme
Things did not start well for him this tournament, to the point that he completely shaved off his distinctive beard in search of a turnaround in his offensive production; his new facial fur seems to be having an effect because less than a week ago he had the best OBP (.455) on his legs among players with at least 100 plate appearances in the NL.
His improvement is so noticeable that in his first 18 games his average went from .250 to .404 in the next 19.
Rougned Odor
Certainly the Zuliano is not the same as his time with the Texas Rangers, but for the Baltimore Orioles he has been an important record, with them he is second in doubles (10), third in home runs (6) and RBI 26, amount with which he is also fourth among second basemen.
Andres Gimenez
With facts he shows why they brought him in the exchange for the Puerto Rican star Francisco Lindor. The Venezuelan, already as a starter, experiences his best performance in the Major Leagues.
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In the Cleveland Guardians he owns the best average with the wood (.307, if above José Ramírez), second in home runs (7), RBIs (29), slugging (.540), OPS (.869) and OPS + (148), third in hits (42) and stolen bases (4) as well as fourth in doubles (7).
Among MLB longtime players he is fourth in home runs. third in RBIs, sixth in ripped off.
Abraham Toro
Like everyone in the Seattle Mariners, he has had trouble raising his batting average (.169), yet that is important in the scaffolding of the ship for being third in home runs (6), fifth in slugging (.345). ).
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diego castle
Despite being in his debut year, he deserves to be on this list because he was not called to be a starting player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he is fourth in doubles (6), sixth in hits (28), and seventh in scoring (12).
Wilmer Flores
With the Giants, the position he has played the least is the second (4 games), but his experience, production and skill deserve to be taken into account.
Among the giants’ shovelers, he is first in doubles (12) and RBIs (31), second in home plate footfalls (29), hits (46) and four-corner hits (6), as well as fourth in bases on balls ( 16), slugging (.422), OPS (.744) and OPS+ (108).
Luis Rengifo
In 24 games with the Los Angeles Angels, his stats don’t impress anyone, but he certainly shouldn’t be discounted because of the characteristics of his Caribbean game. That intensity always offers drive and punch for a ninth.
During the number of games mentioned, he has linked each of the possible hits, of his 20 hits, 16 are singles, 2 home runs, 1 double and 1 triple.
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Tucupita Marcano
They are only 35 games in the Major Leagues, 10 this year, but a skilled left-handed bat like him should not be ruled out: .271 average, .343 OBP and .656 OPS.
