‘Weekly batting average of 0.480’ Yoshida selected as AL player of the week

 Masataka Yoshida (30, Boston Red Sox), a Japanese hitter who entered the Major League (MLB) this year, was selected as the American League (AL) Player of the Week.

The MLB Secretariat announced the players of the week for AL and National League (NL) migration on the 25th (Korean time).

In the AL,안전놀이터 Yoshida was named the player of the week. Yoshida, who made his MLB debut this year, won the Player of the Week award for the first time.

Yoshida, who became the batting champion twice in Japanese professional baseball, signed a 5-year contract with Boston for a total of 90 million dollars (approximately 119.1 billion won) ahead of this season and successfully entered the United States.

Ahead of his big league debut, Yoshida, who participated in the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) early last month, played an active role with a batting average of 0.409, 2 homers and 13 RBIs in 7 games, leading the Japanese national team to win the championship.

Yoshida, who raised expectations by making a big success in the WBC, where major leaguers are lined up, was not able to use his strength at the beginning of the season. Since opening, he has held a batting average of 0.167 (8 hits in 48 at-bats) in 13 games.

However, he has been alive since the middle of last month.

In the six games he played last week, Yoshida played an active role with a batting average of 0.480 (12 hits in 25 at-bats), 2 homers and 8 RBIs. He reached an OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) of 1.319 in 6 games. Best of all, he didn’t strike out a single one in 27 plate appearances.

In addition, Yoshida had a 16-game hitting streak from the Minnesota Twins on the 21st of last month to the Philadelphia Phillies on the 8th of this month.

Yoshida’s performance this season is a batting average of 0.321 (36 hits in 112 at-bats), 6 homers, 24 RBIs, and an OPS of 0.939.

In the NL, Atlanta Braves catcher Sean Murphy (29) was selected as the player of the week.

Murphy swung hard with a batting average of 0.360 (9 hits in 25 at-bats), 3 homers, 12 RBIs and an OPS of 1.275 in 8 games, including a double header last week.

 Masataka Yoshida (30, Boston Red Sox), a Japanese hitter who entered the Major League (MLB) this year, was selected as the American League (AL) Player of the Week. The MLB Secretariat announced the players of the week for AL and National League (NL) migration on the 25th (Korean time). In the AL,안전놀이터 Yoshida was named…