Venezuelan Catchers Shine in Offensive Departments in Major League Baseball

Venezuela has an outstanding crop of catchers in the Major Leagues and after a month of season they lead the catchers in several offensive departments.

Three of the catchers who have had a good first month with the bat are: Salvador Pérez, William Contreras and Willson Contreras.

All three catchers rank first, second and third in OPS. Salvador Perez is at .990, William is at .988 and Willson is at .950.

Salvador Pérez dominating the offense among catchers

Salvador Pérez has had a great month of April. The Kansas City catcher is first in home runs (7), runs batted in (26), slugging (.592) and OPS, among catchers.

This is the first time in his career that Pérez has managed to drive in 25 or more runs. in the first month of the season. He also set a career-high most home runs in April in his career.

Pérez is third in MLB in RBIs and seventh in MLB OPS.

With RBIs No. 836 and 837, Salvador Perez is now tied with Mike Sweeney for fifth-most on the franchise all-time RBIs leaderboard! pic.twitter.com/A1s44YhJ2Q

— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) April 25, 2024

The Contreras brothers with similar numbers

William and Willson Contreras have left quite similar numbers in the first month of the campaign. The brothers from Puerto Cabello have been the spark plug in their respective teams in the Central Division.

William Contreras has a .352 batting average with 38 hits, 5 home runs, 22 RBIs and 26 runs scored in 27 games this season. The Venezuelan is second in average among receivers.

Although, the younger Contreras has the best OBP (.430) among catchers and the third best in the entire Major Leagues.

For his parte, Willson Contreras is leaving the negative behind 2023 and it started with everything in 2024.

The San Luis catcher is second in OBP (.412) among catchers and eighth in the Majors.

Contreras has a batting average of .352 with 38 hits, 5 home runs, 22 RBIs and 26 runs scored in 27 games this season.

William and Willson are tied in walks received with 14, leaders among catchers in the MLB.

2024-04-30 01:34:08
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