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Eugenio Suárez is already beginning to exhibit his qualities as a timely hitter with the Arizona Diamondbacks, and this Wednesday was an example of this, as he drove in the two runs of the lead – and ultimately the victory – against the Colorado Rockies, by slate 5-3 at Coors Field.
And the Guyanese third baseman caught an 86.8mph sweeper from Justin Lawrence in the ninth inning, which Nolan Jones could not reach in time in short left field and allowed the Dominican Ketel Marte and the first baseman Christian Walker.
However, it should be noted that Eugenio Suárez is a hitter with a fairly respectable pitch search radius. In fact, this year it already registers a percentage of 22.3%, which although it is 6.2% below the League average, its percentile reflects that it is much better than one might think (74), which means that, about 26% of the MLB has a better search rank than the Venezuelan.
At the same time, it has a contact rate for pursued shipments of 48%.
Even the pitch he hit against Lawrence can be a strong example of his willingness to chase pitches, since being a sweeper from a right-handed pitcher to a hitter with the same hand, the pitch generally moves away from the opponent’s horizontal plane. and prevents you from making good contact with the ball.
Fuente: Baseball SavantNote: the fifth pitch was the aforementioned 86.8mph sweeper
Now, that was his only hit of the game, with which he left his batting line at .255/.316/.373/.689 with 13 hits in 51 at-bats; among them three doubles and a home run. In addition to, nine runs batted in and seven scored.
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2024-04-11 07:18:30
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