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September 21, 2025

Best Batter Today

Juan Soto stayed atop the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings with a two for five in a 5-3, eleven inning Nationals win. Vinnie Pasquantino of the Royals posted a game score of 67 to move into second place. He went one for two with two walks and a home run in a 2-1 win over the Blue Jays. The other run came from a home run by Bobby Witt, Jr., who ranks seventh.

Yandy Diaz of the Rays ranks third as he went two for three with a walk in a 6-3 Red Sox win.

Matt Olson of the Braves dropped to fourth place as he drew two walks in a 6-5 win over the Tigers. His teammate, Nacho Alvarez Jr, posted the highest game score of the day, an 80, He went three for four with two home runs out of the ninth slot, his shot in the eighth starting the comeback that dropped the Tigers lead in the AL Central to one game.

Aaron Judge of the Yankees moved back into the top five with a two for four, including his 49th home run of the season in a 6-1 win over the Orioles. It was a pretty historic night for homers. Judge’s teammate, Giancarlo Stanton also homered, the 450th of his career. He is the active leader in home run, 50 ahead of Mike Trout of the Angels, who homered in a 3-0 win over the Rockies. Cal Raleigh of the Mariners, who ranks sixth, his his 57th home run of the season, setting the new single season record for the Mariners. Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers hit home run 53 of his season, tying Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies for the NL lead. Judge’s home run also put him ahead of Bryce Harper of the Phillies in career home runs, Harper with four more seasons under his belt than Judge.

July 22, 2024

First Nacho

Ignacio Alvarez, who goes by Nacho Alvarez, made his major league for the Braves tonight. I believe he is the first Nacho to play in the majors. The seasonal age 21 rookie owned a .404 OBP in his minor league career, including a .432 mark at AAA in 132 PA.

In his first PA, he did get the bat on Hunter Greene‘s cheese, but Greene made a nice behind the back catch of the grounder for the out. The Reds lead the Braves 1-0 in the second inning.