In the final game against the Diamondbacks in the Major League Baseball, Arraez hit a double into right-center field in his third at-bat, giving him his 200th hit of the season and maintaining a batting average of .314 before being replaced. He overcame Otani and defended his title as the leading batter for three consecutive years. “I thought I had a chance if I got 200 hits,” he said with a big smile.

In 2022 when he was with the Twins, he blocked Judge (Yankees) from winning the Triple Crown with a batting average of .316, and this year he blocked Otani’s feat. One of the best hitmakers said of Ohtani, “People expect him to hit a lot of home runs, but his style is to get on base a lot with hits. He’s also human. He’s not always perfect.” Ta. (joint)