Pero esta publicación, no es para hablar de los diferentes equipos, aquí tocaremos el tema del buen arranque para algunos peloteros nacidos en suelo de Venezuela, tanto a nivel ofensivo, como en el picheo, vamos a comenzar con un pelotero que en sus primeros juegos del torneo, anda verdaderamente encendido, se trata de Ronald Acuña Jr. que dejo atrás las lesiones y todo indica que está a su tope de condiciones, y sus números lo ratifican, con 76 turnos legales, ha dado 28 imparables, 18 anotadas, su poder regreso y es lógico, ya que sus piernas están más fuertes y hay mejor balance, acumula 3 jonrones, ya eso es el 20% de los batazos de vuelta entera que acumulo la campaña pasada, 11 empujadas, 7 bases robadas, si de por sí siempre ha sido un jugador que le gusta robar bases, ahora que está sano y con las nuevas reglas, podría alcanzar las cuarenta estafadas, su promedio es de 368 y un fantástico OPS de 1001, sin duda que jugar en Venezuela y en el Clásico Mundial de Béisbol, contribuyo a la recuperación ofensiva de la estrella de los Bravos.

So far there have been 18 games on average, since some teams have not reached that number, there are teams that have started the campaign as expected and are already dominating their division, as is the case of the Atlanta Braves, but there are also some pleasant surprises, such as the Arizona Rangers, who are above the Los Angeles Dodgers in the standings, to see the Texas Rangers at the top of the West division for me is not a surprise, I told you that this team is built to fight for the pennant, and the Astros will not have it so easy, there are favorites at the bottom of the different conferences or divisions is something that nobody expected, not even at the beginning, that is happening with the Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals, but surely this will be momentary, since their rosters are armed with the best players and the season is long.

But this publication is not to talk about the different teams, here we will talk about the good start for some players born in Venezuela, both offensively and in the pitching, let's start with a player who in his first games of the tournament, is really on fire, it is Ronald Acuña Jr. who left behind the injuries and everything indicates that he is at his peak condition, and his numbers ratify it, with 76 legal turns, he has given 28 hits, 18 runs scored, his power is back and it is logical, since his legs are stronger and there is better balance, he accumulates 3 home runs, that is 20% of the whole return hits that he accumulated last season, 11 runs batted in, 7 stolen bases, if he has always been a player who likes to steal bases, now that he is healthy and with the new rules, he could reach forty stolen bases, his average is 368 and a fantastic OPS of 1001, no doubt that playing in Venezuela and in the World Baseball Classic, contributed to the offensive recovery of the Braves star.

The defender of the second cushion of the Cleveland Rangers is Andres Gimenez, this young player has been raising his average in recent days, remember that the Venezuelan was among the top 10 hitters in the American League last season, and has the tranquility of having secured his future, as he signed a contract extension with the Guardians, that tranquility is already beginning to be observed both offensively and defensively, here are his numbers in the current season, 72 are the appearances he has at the plate, with 18 runs scored, which shows that he has been on the bases, 20 hits, 1 home run and 5 runs batted in, it is obvious that the mission of Gimenez in his team is not to give long hits, is to stay on base and thus give his teammates the opportunity to bring him to the plate, his average is 272 and 7 base steals, no doubt he is fulfilling what he has been assigned, sooner rather than later, his average will be located in the 300 points.

In the pitching we can also say that we have Venezuelans giving it all, the young left-hander who belongs to the Miami Marlins, Jesus Luzardo, is bringing out all that talent that has been talked about for some years, when he belonged to the Oakland Athletics, Today it seems that it is a reality, and is filling the void left by his compatriot Pablo Lopez, Luzardo's numbers keep excited the top managers of Miami, with 2 wins, no losses, the left-hander has been showing enough control of the zone and against his rivals, his effectiveness is 2. 74, 26 strikeouts in 23 innings pitched, which gives an average of 1.13 strikeouts per episode and a WHIP of 1.20, if he can maintain this pace he will surely make a great duo with the Dominican Sandy Alcantara.

The biggest reference of the great Creole start in terms of offense during the young campaign of 2023 in the big leagues, no doubt is Luis Arráez, who is still the batting champion of the American league until the new batting king of that league arrives, although we all know that he moved to the old circuit, He came to the Miami Marlins by way of a trade, and from the first day he is giving the expected results, he finished with a batting leadership last tournament and he is starting this one as bat leader, but in the aforementioned league.

He has been nicknamed the "watering can", and they were right, he bats for all sides of the field, although there are no longer special formations, for the Creole that would not have been a problem, his numbers this season are as follows: 63 legal turns, with 7 runs scored, they are few to be one of the first at bat, 28 hits, the same amount of Acuña, but with less turns, 1 home run, 7 runs batted in, 444 average, which has him at the time of this publication as the National bat leader, his OPS is 1087, above that of Acuña, definitely these two players are the hottest starters by Venezuelan baseball players.

If Luis Arráez is the reference of the offense among the Creoles, Pablo López is the reference in terms of pitching, what a coincidence that both were the protagonists of the change we talked about before, that makes it clear that both López and Arráez have a great value in the big league ball, although the right-handed pitcher has only one victory for the same number of defeats, it does not detract from his merits to be the best Venezuelan pitcher in this early season in the MLB, he has an effectiveness of 1. 73, 33 strikeouts in only 26 chapters of work, that gives 1.26 strikeouts per inning pitched, that's a pretty good ratio and with the tendency to grow, in addition to his good effectiveness, his WHIP is the best, as it is at 0.81, he is a pitcher who usually has almost no runners on base and forces his opponents to bat on the ground.

For this reason he does not get many homers, he has become the number 1 pitcher of the Minnesota Twins, and since there is already talk of a contract extension close to 80 million dollars for 4 seasons, which would make him earn about 18 or 19 million each season, he deserves that and much more, these 5 players are the Venezuelan players who are standing out in this start, and I do not say it, their wonderful numbers say it, we will read each other in a future publication.

The numbers and statistics of each of the players that were mentioned in this publication, were extracted from the official website of the MLB, https://www.mlb.com/es

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