Luis Arraez Has More Hits Than Almost Anyone… So Why Doesn't Baseball Want Him?

Luis Arraez Has More Hits Than Almost Everyone… So Why Is He Unwanted?

Luis Arraez is one of the best pure hitters in modern baseball. Over the last two seasons, only one player in all of MLB has more hits than him. He rarely strikes out. He wins batting titles. He does the one thing hitters are supposed to do better than almost anyone.
So why doesn’t baseball value him?

In this video, we break down the strange case of Luis Arraez and how modern MLB has completely changed the way hitters are evaluated. From the rise of analytics and Moneyball to the obsession with power, home runs, and extra-base hits, today’s game no longer rewards contact hitters the way it once did.

We compare Luis Arraez to legends like Tony Gwynn, analyze why players like Bobby Witt Jr. and Kyle Schwarber are valued so much higher, and explain how a player can lead the league in hits… yet still be considered “below average” by modern metrics.

This is not just a story about one player.
This is the story of how baseball itself has evolved.

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