As if to punctuate your point, after Friday night's game, Luis Arraez told The Athletic's Dennis Lin that he had planned to hit his game-winner exactly where he did hit it:
“I don’t try to do too much,” Arraez said. “I just be me there, and when I see the hole through the middle, I just say, ‘OK, if he throw me a pitch middle-middle, I want to hit to the middle.”
I believe there were fits of ecstasy tonight
Many of them ours! After doing a deep dive on Arráez it’s pretty clear he’s been undervalued by MLB
As if to punctuate your point, after Friday night's game, Luis Arraez told The Athletic's Dennis Lin that he had planned to hit his game-winner exactly where he did hit it:
“I don’t try to do too much,” Arraez said. “I just be me there, and when I see the hole through the middle, I just say, ‘OK, if he throw me a pitch middle-middle, I want to hit to the middle.”
Amazing
Another great piece. If Arraez is that much more effective with runners on base, why is he leading off instead of hitting third?
There’s a pretty compelling case that leadoff is his best spot on this roster. Will try to write about it next week.
I kept wondering the same thing.
Because others hit with more power more consistently to drive in multiple runs, including them selves.