Can Luis Arraez Hit .400?

[revo]

He’s up to .390 in 200 ABs. Can he really make a run at .400? His swing is so effortless, I wouldn’t be shocked if he had the highest full-season BA since George Brett in 1980.

[madducks]

He's up to .392 after going 2-4 on Sunday.

Did a quick check on his splits and Arraez is a lifetime .279 (105-377) hitter vs LHP . So, he may need to improve on that number to make a run at .400. And so far in 2023 he has improved vs LHP by going 21-55 for a .382 BA vs LHP. So, maybe this is the year.

[revo]

I was speaking with my son, and we both believe .370 is his floor for this year. That’s insane. He’s the Boggs & Gwynn of this generation.

[Pauly]

He's up to .392 after going 2-4 on Sunday.

Did a quick check on his splits and Arraez is a lifetime .279 (105-377) hitter vs LHP . So, he may need to improve on that number to make a run at .400. And so far in 2023 he has improved vs LHP by going 21-55 for a .382 BA vs LHP. So, maybe this is the year.

When Arraez gets a rare day off, it is always vs. a LHP, so that should help a bit.

[Sour Masher]

The odds are long. It is really hard to do, but he seems a lock for a batting title. He is a great contact hitter, for sure.

[madducks]

Arraez goes 3-4 on Monday and is now batting .399.

[revo]

I was speaking with my son, and we both believe .370 is his floor for this year. That's insane. He's the Boggs & Gwynn of this generation.

To wit:
Arraez's career BA, in 1800 PAs, is .325, which would be 45th all-time if he qualified (3000 according to B-R.com)

Wade Boggs's career BA is .3279. Gwynn's is higher at .338, so maybe the right comp was Boggs & Carew (whose BA is .3278)


At .325, his career BA is higher than Joe DiMaggio, Kirby Puckett, Vlad Guerrero, Roberto Clemente and Joe Medwick.

[harmon]

He reminds me most of LH Pete Rose with the buggy whip stroke.

[rhd]

As I write this (June 6), he's hitting .401. Game still in progress.

[Pauly]

He is 12 for his last 17

[revo]

In 2009, Joe Mauer was hitting .419 on June 6. He ended up at .365.

[madducks]

In 2009, Joe Mauer was hitting .419 on June 6. He ended up at .365.

I looked at Mauer's monthly splits for 2009 and found that he missed the month of April. So,he only hit .400 for about 5-6 weeks.

I still think Arraez needs to get his BA up to around the .420-.430 range by the All-Star break so that he can withstand the inevitable slump that happens to every hitter. It's a long season. He's not even half way there yet. Would love to see him do it though.

[revo]

Reality shows just how difficult this can be: a 1-14 skid has sent Arraez's BA plummeting to 'just' .382.

[madducks]

Arraez went 5 for 5 on Friday to get back to .390. So, maybe the slump is over.

[revo]

4-for-4 tonight to get back up to .398.

check that, 5 for 5, back up to .400.