Ohtani Shohei hits a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning with a 2-1 lead over the Chicago White Sox on the 28th .
LA Angels' Ohtani Shohei's cannon is exploding day after day. Otani recorded 13 home runs in 24 games played in June until the Chicago White Sox match on the 28th (Korea Standard Time). In the last 17 games, he hit 12 home runs.
He is hitting 13 home runs in 94 at-bats in June, or one home run per 7.23 at-bats. In other words, the June pace is one for every two games. Should I call it a home run technique. It is a force that is likely to send a ball over the fence on any course.
In the game against the White Sox on the 27th, Dylan Seeds accurately rolled up an 88.5-mile slider that fell to the low course on the body and inserted it 446 feet behind the right-center fence, and his second home run in the bottom of the seventh inning pushed the splitter over the 88-mile outer strike zone of the opponent's right-handed two-key throw. It's a home run technique. Of the 28 home runs he has hit so far, none is impressive.
Of course, it is difficult to say that such high-sensitivity long-hitting power continues in the summer heat. 메이저사이트
The Angels have played 81 games (44-37) so far, or exactly half of the pennant race. If Otani hits 28 arithmetically in the remaining half of the race, he can reach 56 home runs this season.
His 56 home runs in a season are tied for 18th. Hack Wilson in 1930 and Ken Griffey Jr. in 1997 and 1998 each hit 56 home runs.
The only active players who have hit 56 home runs in a season are Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton of the New York Yankees. Stanton marked 59 in 2017 when he was with the Miami Marlins, and Jersey marked 62 in last year's American League (AL) season. Most batters can't even dream of it.
Aaron Judge was hitting 29 home runs at the halfway point of the pennant race last year.
Then, what is the probability that Otani will hit 60 home runs. Furthermore, will it be close to last year's historic home run record.
Let's approach it arithmetically again. This is a case of applying only the June pace. Otani has played 79 of the 81 games played by the team so far. If he hit 13 home runs in 24 games in June, he will play 79 of the remaining 81 games and add 43 home runs. The number of home runs this season is 71.
Let's look at the pace of jersey last year. Judge hit 29 home runs until his team's 81 games. He played in 79 games like Otani this year, only hitting one more. And then 33 were added. Last year, Judge hit six home runs in April, 12 in May, and 11 in June. Otani hit seven home runs in April, eight in May, and 13 in June this season. It is similar to accelerating the addition of home runs as the weather gets hotter.
Otani hit 30 home runs in 81 games for the 2021 team, which hit 46 home runs. I hit two more than this year. However, he added only 16 in 81 games. It is not known whether it will turn downward this season as in 2021. However, this year is not comparable to 2021. The fact that he is hitting a batting average of .304 proves this.
No one knows what Otani will do for the rest of the season.
On the other hand, Otani said after the game, "There is still a lot of time left to participate in the All-Star Home Run Derby." He did not give a definite answer, saying, "I will decide whether to participate or not according to the schedule for the mound in the future." Otani won the most AL votes in the first round of the All-Star fan vote announced last week, qualifying as the designated hitter for the third consecutive year.