Luis Ares He woke up this Monday with a huge advantage as the National League's sole leadoff hitter. He was sidelined for the second day in a row Shohei OhtaniHe has been his best rival in the last month of the season and has a new guard in this race.
Venezuela's La Regatera is one of only two hitters on the old circuit with an average over .300. Another is Dominican Marcel Ozuna.
Luis Arrez went from .302 to .306 with his second straight multi-hit day. As it happens, Shohei Ohtani and Juriksson Proffer both slipped up in numbers, allowing Venezuela to start the week ahead of this battle with more distance.
Ohtani was hot, but today he's going through his worst moment with the bat in 2024.
The Japanese went 1 for 6 on Sunday, hitting .79 in August and is 7 for 50 (.140) since July 28.
This is how the Venezuelan people came together
Luis Ares He went 3-for-4, though he continued to play with a torn ligament in one of his thumbs. He is 8-for-20 (.400) in his last 4 games, though he is 12-for-43 (.279) since July 30.
William Contreras He continues his quest to rejoin his teammate in the National League's top ten. Continue to eleventh. He went 1 for 4 on Sunday and is hitting .306 so far in August.
In America, Jose Altuve He fell 3 places to ninth. He went 0-for-5 and fell out of the .300s for the first time since June 23. He has a hit in his last 4 games and is 5 for 16 (.313) in that span.
LUIS ARRÁEZ 1ST SOLO
- .306 Luis Ares (Parents)
- .301 Marcell Ozuna (the brave)
- .299 Ketel Marte (Diamondbacks)
- .298 Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers)
- .297 Alec Baum (Philips)
- .297 Professor Jurickson (Parents)
- .293 Luis Garcia Jr (countrymen)
- .291 Jackson Merrill (Parents)
- .289 Freddie Freeman (Dodgers)
- .287 Brian Reynolds (Pirates)
Jose Altuve finished 7th
- .347 Bobby Witt Jr (real)
- .328 Aaron Judge (Yankees)
- .325 Steven Kwan (Guardians)
- .319 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (tiles)
- .307 Yordan Alvarez (Astros)
- .304 Juan Soto (Yankees)
- .303 Jose Altuve (Astros)
- .300 Raphael Devers (Red Socks)
- .299 Yanner Diaz (Astros)
- .291 Brent Rooker (athletic)
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Ezequiel Tovar and Salvador Pérez continue outside the top ten, although they are not far from getting back there. Dover awoke this Monday with a .277 average, 17th in the National League. Perez is hitting .280 and is now 14th in the AL.
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