Who was worried about Araez? In the end, he has to hit 300, 16G consecutive hits in the second half of the year, which is his personal best
Aug 04, 2025
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San Diego Padres Luis Arraez played as the second designated hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals at Petco Park on the 4th (Korea time) and had one hit in five at-bats. San Diego won 7-3.
Arraez hit a heavy hit in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning, continuing his streak of 16 consecutive games. In this regard, it was evaluated that Araez's batting sense was on track.
MLB.com put San Diego, the 30-team power-ranker, in ninth place, and 'One improv quiz: What is Luis Arraez's record for most consecutive hits in a game? 25 games? 30 games? No, it's hard to believe, but it's 16 games in progress. He feels like he will hit 40 consecutive games one day. That's now...'
Araez had 16 consecutive hits since the game against the Washington Nationals on the 19th of last month, when the second half opened, until the game against St. Louis on the same day.
In other words, he continued his hit streak in the second half of the year. He had multi hits in nine of those games. He has a batting average of 0.400 (26 hits in 65 at-bats), one home run, six RBIs, 11 points, four walks, and an OPS of 0.943 in the second half.
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Arraez was the batting champion for the third consecutive year in 2022 (0.316), 2023 (0.354) and 2024 (0.314).
Arraez's excellent contact ability is shown in the strikeout numbers. He struck out only once in 59 at-bats in the second half. He has struck out only 12 in 465 at-bats this season. The strikeout rate is 2.58 percent. Without a doubt, it is the No. 1 overall in this category. The gap between second-place Athletics rookie shortstop Jacob Wilson (7.83%) speaks to Araez's unrivaledness.
Arraez is the best contact heater since San Diego legend Tony Gwynne. Gwynn has been the batting king eight times, and struck out less than 20 in the season from 1991 to 1996. Araez is also not expected to have more than 20 strikeouts this season.
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However, Lee Jung-hoo succeeded in rebounding in the second half. He had four hits and one walk in four at-bats against the New York Mets. He has achieved his first four hits and five runs in a game since his debut. He raised his batting average from 0.251 to 0.258.
He is batting .315 (17 hits in 54 times at bat) in the second half of the season alone. He struck out only twice in 57 at-bats. The season strikeout rate was 10.31%, but it decreased to 3.51% in the second half alone. It's no match for Araez, but getting it right is a positive sign.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
