Contact, which the master also acknowledged, is better than a 280-30 home run hitter even if he lacks long balls

Victor Reyes, a 29-year-old foreign hitter of the Lotte Giants, is challenging himself to make his first 200 hits as a foreigner. He has 158 hits as of Tuesday. If he adds 42 hits in the remaining 33 games of his team, he can set the 200-hit mark. He can achieve this goal sufficiently. He is also expected to set a new record, surpassing 201 hits held by Seo Geon-chang of the Kia Tigers. 

The first reason KBO teams are recruiting foreign hitters is because they have long balls. We expect a shot that will bring the mood to the center at once. They are the same type as Tyrone Woods of the Doosan Bears and Eric Thames of the NC Dinosaurs, who dominated the KBO League in the early days of the introduction of the foreigners' system. Reyes has a different style. He is a contact-type batter, not a long-distance hitter.

He played in 111 games with a batting average of 354, 12 homers, 85 RBIs and 69 runs, a slugging percentage of 510, a on-base percentage of 393, and a batting average of 388. He had multi-hits 47 times and struck out just 65 from 486 at-bats. Although he has few homers, he has displayed high batting average to post RBIs. 

His batting average is also consistent. He has never been below .300 in his monthly batting average. In July, he had a batting average of .400. He was particularly strong at the match against Samsung. As a switch hitter, he is highly competitive in pitcher types. He is strong at .376 left-handed pitcher, .344 right-handed pitcher, and underhander at .343. He has no weaknesses. 

Manager Kim Tae-hyung said, "I am doing well. A mercenary is a long hit. There is no long hit that completely changes the course of the game, but he has a good batting average. These days, he is following the ball around, maybe in a hurry, but he is doing the best among the mercenaries. He tends to focus on contact. A switch heater of 350,000 is not a big deal. I think I will hit 200. He is better than a batter who hits 30 home runs at 280 percent." 

"Yong-yong should hit .300 with 35 home runs. (LG) If he is like Austin...," he said, expressing his intention on the best standards for foreigners. In fact, if a foreign hitter hits .300 with 30 home runs, he or she would be the best performer. Naturally, he can catch up with 100 home runs. Reyes gave the same assessment in that he is making up for his hits and high batting average. 

Reyes is challenging himself to win two titles including the batting champion and the hitting champion. If he achieves 200 hits on top of this, he will likely be evaluated as the best foreign hitter. Lotte ranks seventh with a gap of 3.5 games against SSG in fifth place. Since there are many more games to be played, there is a possibility that the team will come from behind to make the round of 5. For fall baseball, Reyes needs to display his clutch capability and steady hitting. Attention is also focusing on whether he will live a long life at the Lotte Giants as a good son and an outsider.

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