Choo Shin-soo of the Texas Rangers is one of the most visible veterans in the U.S. Major League Baseball, which has become a feast for young and strong players. Although he is well past his mid-30s, which are considered to be in his prime, he is showing tremendous competitiveness in hitting.He ranked 12th in the American League with 0.897 in the OPS, which combines on-base percentage and slugging percentage, as well as the oldest among the top 20 OPS players.
Choo Shin-soo of the Texas Rangers is circling the bases after hitting a solo home run against Cincinnati.
On top of that, he is poised to challenge even a meaningful record this year. It is the most homerun in an individual season. Choo started as the second left fielder against the Cincinnati Reds at the U.S. Ballpark in Cincinnati Ohio, and hit a first pitch fastball of right-hander Sonny Gray at 148 kilometers per hour in the top of the first inning to hit a solo home run over the central fence. He was the first homerun catcher to run again in 11 days after filling 200 career home runs in the game against the Baltimore Orioles.This brings Choo's home run to 12 this season. If he maintains this pace with a record he made in 66 games and has played 140 games or more, as he has done in the last two years, he deserves a try at 22 homers, his best in a single season. In the first half of last year alone, he hit 18 home runs and appeared likely to break the record, but he failed to reach the mark with 21 homers, only three in the second half.
Choo's batting average for the season rose from 0.280 to 0.284 (71 hits in 250 at-bats) and his on-base percentage rose from 0.383 to 0.385 during the season. Despite such strong performance, Texas lost to Cincinnati 3-11.
Meanwhile, Kang Jung-ho of the Pittsburgh Pirates, went 1-for-4 with two RBIs in a game against the Miami Marlins, helping his team win 5-4 games. Kang hit a home run, five games and seven days after the game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
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