Sports Editorial, Jul 17 (EFE).- The Dominican Juan Soto, the Venezuelan Ranger Suarez and Puerto Rican Seth Lugo are part of the group of Latin players who will be competing for an individual award in the second half of the Major League season, which will resume on Friday following the All-Star Game.
As of Wednesday, Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Japanese star Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers are leading the race for the Most Valuable Player awards in the American and National leagues, respectively.
Judge has an internal competitor in Soto, who is coming off the best first half of his Major League career, posting a .295 batting average while ranking second in runs scored (75), fourth in RBIs (66) and sixth in home runs (23).
Soto, who leads in walks (79) and is second in on-base percentage, hopes to continue being a pillar on which the Yankees rely.
Dominican Jose Ramirez, as usual, is another of the Latin bets for this award, a candidacy that he has supported with his production, reaching an offensive line of .271 in batting average, while he is second in RBIs (77), fifth in runs scored (70) and sixth in home runs (23).
Ramírez is the leader of a Guardians team (58-37) that has the best win-loss record in the American League.
In the Nationals, the ‘quisqueyano’ Marcell Ozuna has taken a step forward to lead the Braves in the face of the Venezuelan’s absences for the rest of the season. Ronald Acuna and Spencer Strider, who were the team’s main offensive and pitching pieces.
‘El Oso’, as Ozuna is known, has sent 26 balls out of the park, while leading the old circuit in RBIs (77), placing his batting average at .303.
Ozuna and Ohtani are competing in this second half to become the first player who plays solely as a designated hitter to win the Most Valuable Player award.
The Venezuelan William Contreras He is another who has been present and has been a central figure in the Brewers’ success, both guiding the pitching from the catcher’s position and contributing with his bat, with which he has hit 108 hits, vital to adding the second highest number of runs scored (65) in the National League, in addition to having 55 RBIs and batting .286.
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The left handed Ranger Suarez has been the ace up the sleeve of the Philadelphia Phillies In the current season, with whom he has the third highest total of victories (10-4) in his league and boasts the fourth best effectiveness (2.76), leading them to victory in 14 of his 19 appearances.
Dominican Reynaldo López of the Braves, who leads the Major Leagues in ERA (1.88), might aspire to this distinction in the National League.
In the American League, Puerto Rican Seth Lugo has been the arm that has kept the Royals afloat, reaching 15 quality outings in 20 starts, leading the circuit in wins (11-4), while being second in innings pitched (127) and third in ERA (2.48), carrying the Kansas City team in a tough competition to advance to the postseason.
Dominican right-hander Luis Gil (10-5) has been drifting between dominance and inconsistency, but if he can stay stable for the remainder of the season for the Yankees, he will be a genuine contender for this award.
As for the Rookie of the Year award, Gil, who has an ERA of .317, is the main candidate for this distinction, joined by Curacao native Ceddanne Rafaela of the Red Sox, who is batting .246, with 11 home runs and 52 RBIs.
Emmanuel Clase of the Guardians and Robert Suárez of the Padres are currently the leading Latino representatives to win the Reliever of the Year award.
Clase (29) leads the American League in saves and his ERA is 0.81, while Suárez (22) is third in the National League, with a 1.67 earned run percentage.
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2024-07-18 20:07:52