While most of baseball focuses on big blasts, Padres’ singles hitters prove their worth.
San Diego Padres third baseman Donovan Solano rounds the bases after a home run against the Oakland Athletics during the second inning at Petco Park on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 in San Diego, CA. In every other baseball era, extraordinary bat control like that shown for years by current Padres newcomers Luis Arraez and Donovan Solano would’ve commanded respect in the MLB marketplace.That’s one big reason the Padres got Solano, 36, for a box of Cracker Jack in April.
The Marlins tried to maximize their trade return by agreeing to pay all of the two-time batting champion’s salary. A month before the trade, The Athletic quoted an unidentified source that the Padres had made a “strong offer” for Arraez in spring training. “A.J. Preller didn’t give up anyone who’ll come back to bite them,” the scout told me in early May, referring to three minor leaguers who went to Miami.
Already, he has outperformed his base salary of $790,320 by batting .313 with a .385 on-base rate in 91 plate appearances. He’s 47 points above the big-league average in adjusted on-base plus slugging percentage. Solano would bat .284 and .282 after his third consecutive season with the Giants. In runs created, a stat that tries to capture overall offense, he beat the MBL average in all five of seasons.
Understandably, front offices lust for slugging power, which is indisputably linked to winning games and trophies. Positional flexibility is a very big deal to every big-league manage, and it’s important as well to free up consistent playing time for younger big leaguers.
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