Luis Arraez - 2023
Luis Arráez 🇻🇪 (2023) Luis Sangel Arráez (San Felipe, Venezuela, April 9, 1997) , since his MLB debut in 2019, he hasn't stopped doing great things. He became the 2022 American League batting champion with the Minnesota Twins, boasting an impressive .316 batting average and the 2023 National League Batting champion with the Marlins with a .354 BA . Arraez became only the second player in the Modern Era to capture a batting title in both leagues, joining DJ LeMahieu (Rockies in 2016, Yankees in 2020), and the first to do so in back-to-back seasons . His .354 average (147 games) is the highest in a full season since the Rangers’ Josh Hamilton's .359 in 2010. It's quite difficult to describe how phenomenal Arraez was in 2023. Not only did he have the best batting average in MLB, but he was also the best in plate discipline, a player very difficult to strike out. Moreover, it was very challenging for pitchers to know where to pitch to him and for fielders to position th...