With 25 years and in his fourth season in the Major League Baseball (MLB), Luis Arraez became the Batting Champion of the American League, having shone with the wood, finishing with an average of .316.
His .316 batting average was the fourth best in all of the Major Leagues, and enough to ruin the Triple Crown for Aaron Judge of the new york yankeeswho finished as the leader in home runs, and tied for the RBI lead with Pete Alonso of the New York Mets, with 131, missing only the average, which he led a few weeks ago, but which ended up falling to an also excellent .311.
“It’s an amazing feeling. It is one of my goals. I am living my dream right now. This is wonderful for me, because I have worked very hard for this. I want to say a big thumbs up to my hitting coach, Frank Valdez, and to Nelson Cruz. When I got to the Dominican Republic, my coach told me, ‘Hey, we’re going to work hard and then you’re going to win the batting title.’ I made it. I want to dedicate this to him, to the Twins fans, to my family, and to everyone who supported me. This is for you”, Arráez commented, in statements published by MLB.com.
brilliant hitter
In this way, Luis Arráez became the first player from the Minnesota franchise to be Batting Champion since 2009, and this being his first such award, and why not, the first of many.
The Venezuelan batter thus joined Cuban Tony Oliva (1964, 1965, 1971), Panamanian Rod Carew (1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978), Kirby Puckett (1989) and Joe Mauer (2006, 2008). , 2009), as the only Twins players to receive this award.
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