Luis Arraez of the San Diego Padres, who is competing fiercely with Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers) at the end of the season, expressed his thoughts on this.

“A lot of people talked about Ohtani,” Araez said of Ohtani’s competition in a meeting with reporters ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ away game at Chase Field on the 29th (Korea time).

Ahead of the match, the two players are ranked first and second in the batting average of the National League. Araez recorded 0.314, and Ohtani 0.310.

Arraez is trying to top the batting average for the third consecutive season, while Ohtani is trying to reach the Triple Crown. One of the two does not achieve this goal.

For now, Araez was excluded from the starting lineup along with Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jackson Merrill.
His team is resting at a time when it has secured the top spot in the wild card market. Arraez said, “I was informed of my rest the day before by Mike Shildt.”

“Otani is a different person. I don’t know how he is doing right now. However, I will be able to play as a substitute today and tomorrow. Let’s see what happens,” Arraez said about the competition to rank No. 1 in batting average.

“I had to fight against various problems in my body this year. In that sense, (the No. 1 batting average) is all the more meaningful,” he said of the meaning of No. 1 batting average.

Asked whether Otani or other competitors’ results will affect his participation or not, he said, “I will be preparing. Whatever happens, I will be ready to play.”

He stopped Aaron Judge’s triple crown as a member of the Minnesota Twins two years ago, and this time, he is more likely to stop Ohtani’s triple crown.

When asked about it, he laughed and said, “If he pulls it off, that’s good for him. I’m just here to give him a little help to win.”토토사이트 모음

In addition to being the batting champion for three consecutive years, Arraez is also close to achieving 200 hits for two consecutive years. If he secures one more hit, he will be able to set a new record.

Asked if he would despair if he ended the season with 199 hits, he shook his head, saying, “I’m a human being, too.” “I’m doing my best, but I also caught a hard hit ball by a fielder in the last away game in Los Angeles. I already had 199 hits, but I think I could have had more hits. But this is baseball. Baseball is that hard.”