Isaac Paredes is off to a good start to the 2024 season with the bat and this Sunday he added his fifth home run of the campaign.
The Mexican is tied for sixth in the lead in home runs behind Marcell Ozuna and Tyler O’Neill with seven respectively.
There are five Latin hitters who have five or more home runs in the current seasonMarcell Ozuna (7), Jose Altuve (5), Fernando Tatis Jr. (5), Teoscar Hernandez (5) and Isaac Paredes (5).
Paredes has a .255 batting average with 14 hits, 5 home runs, 12 RBIs and 8 runs scored in 15 games this season.
The 25-year-old Mexican slugger has just hit 31 home runs in 2023a personal record, a figure that could be surpassed in this campaign with Tampa Bay.
Isaac Paredes hit .250 with 123 hits, 31 home runs, 98 RBIs and 71 runs scored in 143 games in 2023.
Paredes already established his best home run start in a season. In 2022, he hit 4 home runs in the first 20 games of the season. This year he already has 5 in just 15 games, so he will have the opportunity to expand it.
The one from Hermosillo is the leader in home runs and runs batted in among third basemen in the Major Leagues.
The Rays’ Mexican hitter is also second in OPS (.878) and second in slugging percentage (.545) among the leaders as a third baseman in the Major Leagues.
Rays took the series against San Francisco with Paredes and Pinto as leaders
The Tampa Bay Rays took a 9-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants this Sunday to take the series 2-1.
Isaac Paredes and René Pinto hit home runs and drove in 6 runs between the two to command the Rays offense.
San Francisco didn’t have a chance with Blake Snell on the mound, who hasn’t looked good during his 2024 starts.
The Rays are in third place in the American League East Division, three games behind the New York Yankees.
This week they start with a 4-game series against the Los Angeles Angels at Tropicana Field.
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2024-04-15 20:28:56
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