El talento venezolano se hace sentir en MLB / Venezuelan talent makes its presence felt in MLB | ESP-ENG

Already ending the month of August, month of the season that precedes the last stretch of the major league campaign, and time where many things are defined, is that place of this 2023 which many pieces are already calibrated in the teams facing the post-season in the month of October, at this point, there are players for which there is much talk about them, And it is for their outstanding performances that stand out from the rest, these are mostly Latin players and especially Venezuelans, who are being protagonists, because one thing is to put good numbers and quite another is to influence the performance of your ninth, is why, that is why I will talk about 3 players from the land of Simon Bolivar whose performances in this 8th month of the year is the best.

WILLIAM CONTRERAS

In his first season as starter of the number 2 position in the field, as is the catcher, his performances with the Milwaukee Brewers have been like never before, because in his former team the Atlanta Braves, he was the reserve catcher and his opportunities in the field were limited, there are times when players have to take other directions to exploit the potential they carry inside, and that is precisely what happened with Contreras, placing the numbers that have always been expected of him at the disposal of the Wisconsin team.
So much so, that the Venezuelan catcher in his position behind the plate, leads all the majors in doubles connected, besides being in the top five among the most offensive catchers in the league, which says a lot and is a big difference between having the confidence to be the everyday player and waiting to be given an opportunity, Contreras, in addition to doing a very good job with the bat, which is very difficult at that position, also does a very good job with the glove, keeping the Brewers at the top of their division (the Central) and handling the pitching staff exceptionally well, a fundamental point in this game.
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PABLO LÓPEZ

The performance of this Venezuelan pitcher in this month of August reminds me a lot of another pitcher of the same nationality from another era, Johan Santana, who had the particularity and precisely with this team of the Minnesota Twins, which at this time of the year and towards the end of each season, to get the best version of oneself, by placing numbers of wins and losses in a positive balance, innings thrown above 6, in each presentation, translating that into players retired by way of strikeout in a big way, helping his team at this crucial stage of the season to lead the American League center division.
All this is being done by Pablo Lopez in almost the same way as back then by Santana, being constant in the statistics that I just mentioned in this 2023, but we should add something else, and I would say that it is something that is extremely important and valuable at the same time, and it is the number of innings pitched without allowing any runs, which already amounts to 19, greatly benefiting his team, giving him the opportunity to always be in the race for victories every time he gets on the mound, it should also be noted that in 32 innings, he has only allowed 3 touchdowns.
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LUIS ARRAEZ

It is impossible not to talk about this player, what he has done so far with the lumber is synonymous of two things, one, pure talent, and the other, is of perseverance, perseverance that has led him to be at this time of the season still as bat leader, something that tells us in a very clear way that what he did last season where he dominated the batting average statistics was not a coincidence, to say this is something flattering, because it is very similar to the remembered hitter of the 90's Tonny Gwynn, who in several consecutive seasons was batting champion in the National League.
Despite the fact that he is no longer batting 400 as he did at the beginning of the season, and despite the slump of the last weeks of August, Arraez has maintained the advantage over his closest rival, the American Freddie Freeman, who has a 335 batting average and is 26 points behind the Venezuelan, who has an enviable 361, distance that seems very wide if we take into account the time remaining for the end of the current season and the type of hitters, as Freeman is more of a long swing hitter with a tendency to strike out a lot, unlike Arraez, who is more of contact and short connections, or as he is known in the baseball world, as a hitter, who gives many one-base hits, because it is his style.
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LOS CONSAGRADOS / THE CONSECRATED

And of course, if we talk about these three horses that I just mentioned, I can not fail to mention two others, who are already consecrated, and they are José Altuvez and Ronald Acuña, the first, José, is already on track to finish his professional career with hall of fame numbers, in recent days he has reached the important figure of 2000 hits, a figure that puts him in history along with Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio as the only three players of the Houston Astros with at least two thousand hits.
And Ronald Acuña, what this player is doing is already leading him and his team the Atlanta Braves to be the most valuable of this season, as they say over there, as Ronald goes the Braves go, and there are the results, the Georgia team is leading in a very solid way the ''East'' division of the National League and that is thanks in large part to the numbers of the Venezuelan, who leads the league in stolen bases and runs scored, and is among the top 5 in batting average and hits connected, simply out of series.

HASTA LA PRÓXIMA / SEE YOU NEXT TIME

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Excelente post amigo, Altuve ha regresado tras su lesión y recuperación a largo plazo y será pieza clave en la clasificación de los Astros a la postemporada, de Arraez creo que mes por mes sigue siendo una noticia muy positiva, mientras que Pablo López se ha vuelto el ace de los mellizos, por otro lado Willian Contreras ha apoyado a una ofensiva que parece haber despertado y tiene a los Cerveceros cerca de la tierra prometida, saludos amigo
Saludos amigo, así es, todos ellos han hecho cosas que de una u otra forma han ayudado a sus respectivos equipos, lo de Altuve es un gran logro, 2000 hits no es poca cosa y con un mismo equipo más.
Lo que más me agrada es lo de Contreras, que encontró un equipo en dónde podrá demostrar su talento a plenitud.
Gracias amigo por tu visita y comentario agradecido.
Muy buen contenido, siga así.Saludos
Gracias por apreciar mi trabajo, bendiciones.
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