htmlWhat festival is August 13th? Perhaps many friends would not expect that is left-handed day! And in baseball games, left-handed players also play a very critical role, especially in shooting duels. "Left shot, left shot, left shot" has brought many left pitchers to life, and those left-handed hitters' performance on the strike end is also different from right shot, left-handed hitters, enriching their shape for the strike. Let’s take you to learn about the excellent left-handed players in the league.
Clayton Kershaw Starting pitcher Los Angeles Dodge
When it comes to left-hand pitching, many fans may be the first thing they think of is "the strongest surface" — from Dodge's ace player "book boy" Kershaw . He is the most recent pitcher to win the season MVP. In 2014, he won the MVP with an extraordinary performance of 21 wins and 3 losses and an ERA of 1.77, while also winning the third Cy Young Trophy. 2015 01 strikeouts , completing the only 00K season . Currently, he has achieved 758 strikeouts , which is the next left-hander , which is closest to 3000K. If he can make a healthy investment for another two years, I believe this achievement is not a problem.
Kesha is not a speed ball pitcher, but his most representative one is a super high-quality curve ball . His curve ball has extremely high speed and a large displacement amplitude, making it the top "12-6" curve ball. Even if the hitter can catch the rhythm of a bell, it is difficult to catch the elevation angle of the stick, so it is difficult to form hits or even home runs; , so many hitters simply grab Kershaw's speed ball, and even choose to attack on the first ball. This allows Kershaw's first ball to often grab good balls, thus leading the ball in the lead. makes the curve ball more of a weapon for his own decisive victory.
Josh Hader Backup pitcher San Diego Pailor
The most representative of active starting left-hand shot is Kershaw, Backup left-hand shot is going to be Head's turn . Unlike the starting pitcher, since the bullpen dispatch needs to target the opponent's left and right play situations, the possibility of excellent left shots among the backup pitchers is higher, and Head is the best. With long flowing hair and extremely stretched pitching posture, the four-stitch speed ball is fast and strong and strong, and a slide ball also has great displacement. This is the key to the Head being able to win 9 rescues this season.
Before the trading deadline of this season, the Brewers also completed amazing operations and sent the strongest terminator Head to the Padre, which made the Padre's bullpen extremely strong. No matter where Head's future is, he will inevitably continue to firmly sit in the throne of the strongest terminator for a period of time.
Madison Bumgarner Starting pitcher Arizona Diamondback
When it comes to left shot, how can you forget "crazy country" except Kershaw? In 2014, the Royals were not favored but won consecutive victories and entered the World Championship. What awaited them was the giants who squeezed into the World Championship from the wild card match . In the end, the two sides fought to the 7th game, and the Giant won the World Championship 3-2, creating a legend for even years. In the first game of the series, Bonmgana lost 1 point in 7 main shots in , and in the fifth game, he lost 9 main shots in . In the key game, he played in backing and completed the super god's 5 points-losing rescue! The MVP of the World Championship is well deserved, and he was named "Crazy Country".
Bomghana is not only terrifying in the pitching mound, but is also a good player in the strike zone .Once when the League of Nations did not use the designated strike, he was one of the best pitchers in the League of Nations. knocked out two slam cannons in 2014! After joining the Diamondbacks in 2020, Bonmgana's performance was not as good as before, but blocked after seven games last season, and his ability was still shown. Perhaps only in big scenes can he turn on the "crazy country" mode, but unfortunately, the Rattlesnake did not give him such a chance.
Anthony Rizzo First Baseman New York Yankees
Since the direction of the infield defense is from left to right, left-handers need to turn backwards when passing the ball from second or third base to first base, and in major league games, the speed loss caused by this action is fatal; therefore, in major league games and even professional games, there are few left-handed players serving as second basemen, third basemen and shortstop . So left-handed bats can only choose between outfield, first base and takeover. These three positions are also the most frequent positions for left-handed bats.
Rizzo is a representative figure of the left-handed first baseman. Yankee's play in the AFC this season has a lot to do with his performance recovery. Although the strike rate is not ideal, 7 home runs and .846 attack index can still bring enough deterrence to pitchers. Moreover, the special blow action of "Winnie Bears" has allowed him to eat for nearly 200 touch balls and walk throughout his career. I hope he can continue his long-term firepower to playoff stage.
Juan Soto (Juan Soto) Right field player San Diego Padre
As the hottest young talent in the league, 23-year-old Soto is also a left-handed player. This strong-playing boy logged into the major leagues in the 2018 season and led the nationals to counterattack all the way to win the World Championship in the 2019 season. During , he became one of the few trustworthy players in the team's playing line. He contributed 18 hits in 117 games, including 5 home base hits, and since then he became the most shining star of hope in the league.
Before the transaction deadline, Soto rejected the national's 15-year deal of US$440 million, and then the national also sent him to the priest. Soto has two talents, , Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. . Although he failed to complete home runs in the few games after joining the new club, the batting rate of Soto remained at about 30% , which was quite stable; not only that, he was also one of the hitters in the major leagues who chose for the most bad balls, and his base rate was quite considerable. As for home runs... is here, why does the new home run championship make everyone wait too long?
Cody Bellinger Chinese and foreign court player Los Angeles Dodge
If you talk about the left-handed strong players, there is another one that has to be mentioned, that is Dodge's "Beihuang", the 2019 National League MVP winner Bellinger. It only took Bellinger three years from the outbreak to the glory of his debut; in 2017, first entered the major league and knocked out 39 home runs , and together with Aaron Judge, he became the newcomer king of that year. In 2019, he had 47 home runs, and his attack index of 1.035 beat Christian Jelic to the MVP.
Although the strike rate has declined in the past two seasons, However, in key games in the playoffs, he can always complete key strikes to help the Dodge go further. The team is still full of talents this year, but the outfielders are short of staff, so Bellinger needs to pick up his past skills at this time.
In addition to the above players, which left hand will impress you? Come to the comment area to add and share it!
