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| Player Report for #2 Suzusaburou 'Thunder' Sotan | | Monday, August 27th, 2029 | 
| AB | 488 | | HR | 19 | | RBI | 78 | | AVG | .291 | | OPS | .865 |
| | Name: | Suzusaburou Sotan | Contract: | Major League Contract | | Nickname: | Thunder | Salary: | $4,682,800 | | Birthday: | 05-22-2001 | Signed Through: | 2029 Season | | Age: | 28 | Years of Major League Service: | 6 Years, 74 Days | | Born in: | Hakodate (Hokkaido) | Major League Service Days this Year: | 148 Days | | Nationality: | Japanese | | | | Height: | 6' 0" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 6 Years, 74 Days | | Weight: | 217 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 6 Years | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Not eligible, free agent after contract expires! | | Position: | RF | Minor League Option Years: | 3 option years left | | Bats: | Left | | | | Throws: | Left | Contract Extension | - | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | 2023, 15th Pick in Round 1 | | Morale: | Good | Local Popularity (National) | Extremely Popular (Very Popular) |
| | | Batting Ratings (OSA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | | | Versus LHP | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | | | Versus RHP | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | | | Talent | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 13 | | Left Field 2 (Arm: 7) | | Stealing Ability: | 19 | | Center Field 11 (Arm: 7) | | Baserunning Instincts: | 13 | | Right Field 18 (Arm: 7) | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 4 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 5 | | | | Hitter Type: | Spray Hitter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 08-26-2029 | @ MIN | Loss, 1-9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-25-2029 | @ MIN | Loss, 3-10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-24-2029 | NYA | Loss, 1-13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-23-2029 | NYA | Win, 6-1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-22-2029 | NYA | Win, 5-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-21-2029 | @ DET | Win, 7-1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-20-2029 | @ DET | Loss, 2-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-19-2029 | @ DET | Loss, 3-4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-18-2029 | OAK | Loss, 1-10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-17-2029 | OAK | Loss, 3-6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Hickory Baseball League 2029 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 119 | 488 | 142 | 38 | 3 | 19 | 78 | 86 | 59 | 55 | .291 | .367 | .498 | .865 | .902 | .207 | 39.3 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 119 | 553 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 243 | 60 | 39 | 13 | 75.0 | 87.4 | 6.37 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 94 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .321 | .426 | .746 | | Versus Right | | 394 | 119 | 30 | 3 | 16 | 59 | 70 | 48 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .302 | .378 | .515 | .893 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | This Week | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | | Last Week | | 29 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .448 | .469 | .759 | 1.227 | | April | | 102 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .303 | .275 | .577 | | May | | 76 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .360 | .500 | .860 | | June | | 100 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .374 | .450 | .824 | | July | | 118 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .322 | .389 | .644 | 1.033 | | August | | 92 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .359 | .412 | .609 | 1.020 | | Spring Training | | 80 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .225 | .376 | .338 | .714 | | Last Year | | 601 | 210 | 47 | 9 | 17 | 106 | 122 | 84 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .349 | .428 | .542 | .970 | | 2 Years Ago | | 577 | 180 | 50 | 5 | 14 | 103 | 97 | 77 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 6 | .312 | .392 | .489 | .881 | | Career | | 3107 | 976 | 231 | 29 | 75 | 466 | 550 | 414 | 303 | 35 | 0 | 23 | .314 | .395 | .480 | .874 | | Home | | 221 | 68 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 43 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .308 | .392 | .557 | .949 | | Road | | 267 | 74 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 43 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .277 | .346 | .449 | .795 | | Grass | | 432 | 131 | 33 | 3 | 18 | 72 | 75 | 53 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .303 | .379 | .519 | .897 | | Turf | | 56 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .274 | .339 | .613 | | Day | | 164 | 48 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .293 | .368 | .470 | .837 | | Night | | 324 | 94 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 58 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .290 | .367 | .512 | .879 | | Close/Late | | 97 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .364 | .526 | .889 | | Inning 1-3 | | 184 | 61 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 40 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .332 | .419 | .533 | .952 | | Inning 4-6 | | 147 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .338 | .510 | .848 | | Inning 7-9 | | 150 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .315 | .433 | .749 | | Extra Innings | | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .571 | .625 | .714 | 1.339 | | 0 Outs | | 165 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 39 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .327 | .401 | .558 | .959 | | 1 Outs | | 180 | 54 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .394 | .539 | .933 | | 2 Outs | | 143 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 | .288 | .378 | .665 | | Scoring Position | | 123 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 58 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .301 | .371 | .504 | .875 | | Bases Empty | | 260 | 78 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .387 | .508 | .895 | | Runner on 1st | | 105 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .310 | .467 | .776 | | Runner on 2nd | | 59 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .343 | .458 | .801 | | Runner on 3rd | | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .462 | .467 | .923 | 1.390 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .310 | .444 | .755 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .400 | .286 | .686 | | Bases Loaded | | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .571 | .583 | .857 | 1.440 | | Two Strikes | | 207 | 52 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 36 | 29 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .251 | .346 | .391 | .737 | | First Pitch | | 58 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .345 | .345 | .707 | 1.052 | | Count 0-1 | | 44 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .318 | .614 | .932 | | Count 0-2 | | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .276 | .429 | .704 | | Count 1-0 | | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .366 | .561 | | Count 1-1 | | 72 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .306 | .542 | .847 | | Count 1-2 | | 65 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .277 | .288 | .462 | .749 | | Count 2-0 | | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .875 | 1.375 | | Count 2-1 | | 38 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .368 | .359 | .500 | .859 | | Count 2-2 | | 70 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .186 | .197 | .257 | .454 | | Count 3-0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | | Count 3-1 | | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .735 | .583 | 1.319 | | Full Count | | 44 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .568 | .477 | 1.045 | | Behind in Count | | 137 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .292 | .295 | .504 | .799 | | Ahead in Count | | 107 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .460 | .514 | .974 |
| | Career Minor League Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 2023 Rancho Cucamonga - A | 22 | 53 | 173 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | .347 | .450 | .486 | .935 | 26.7 | | Total HBLA | | 53 | 173 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | .347 | .450 | .486 | .935 | 26.7 |
| | Career Postseason Batting Stats | | | Player History | | 11-15-2023 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $100,000 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-2024 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (4); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 7 (4). | | 11-14-2024 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $100,000 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-2025 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (4); Power: 4 (3); Eye: 8 (4). | | 04-13-2025 | Goes 5-5 against the Baltimore Orioles, with 2 2B, 1 RBI and 2 R. | | 06-22-2025 | Injured (strained rotator cuff muscle), out for 7 weeks. | | 11-19-2025 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $100,000 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-2026 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (4); Power: 4 (3); Eye: 8 (4). | | 08-18-2026 | Injured (strained Achilles tendon), day-to-day for one week. | | 09-02-2026 | Injured (bruised wrist), out for 1-2 weeks. | | 09-28-2026 | Goes 0-3 against the Oakland Athletics, ending his hitting streak at 27 games. | | 11-16-2026 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,588,200 through arbitration.20270101 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (5); Power: 5 (3); Eye: 8 (4).20270930 Injured (blurred vision), day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.20271025 Wins the 2027 HBL AL Gold Glove at RF.20271114 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,814,210 through arbitration.20280101 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (5); Power: 6 (3); Eye: 8 (4).20280605 Wins the HBL AL Player of the Week Award.20280702 Was selected to the 2028 Hickory Baseball League All-Star Game.20281028 Wins the 2028 HBL AL Gold Glove at RF.20281117 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,682,800 through arbitration.20290101 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (5); Power: 6 (3); Eye: 8 (4).20290502 Injured (sore knee), out for 2 weeks.20290731 Goes 6-6 against the Toronto Blue Jays, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI and 4 R.20290801 Wins the HBL AL Batter of the Month Award. | | Leader Boards Appearances | | | | Year | H | Rank | | 2026 | 190 | 9 | | 2028 | 210 | 3 | | | | Year | 2B | Rank | | 2026 | 42 | 7 | | 2027 | 50 | 3 | | 2028 | 47 | 6 | | | Year | 3B | Rank | | 2024 | 7 | 5 | | 2026 | 5 | 7 | | 2027 | 5 | 8 | | 2028 | 9 | 1 | | | Year | SB | Rank | | 2027 | 42 | 8 | | 2028 | 54 | 5 | | | | Year | BB | Rank | | 2026 | 83 | 10 | | 2027 | 77 | 9 | | 2028 | 84 | 8 | | | | Year | EBH | Rank | | 2027 | 69 | 8 | | 2028 | 73 | 8 | | | Year | AVG | Rank | | 2025 | .317 | 7 | | 2026 | .327 | 7 | | 2028 | .349 | 2 | | | Year | OBP | Rank | | 2025 | .393 | 9 | | 2026 | .412 | 6 | | 2027 | .392 | 9 | | 2028 | .428 | 2 | | | Year | RC | Rank | | 2026 | 119.87 | 7 | | 2028 | 135.65 | 5 | | | Year | RC/27 | Rank | | 2026 | 7.71 | 8 | | 2028 | 8.54 | 6 | | | Year | TAVG | Rank | | 2026 | .993 | 5 | | 2027 | .964 | 8 | | 2028 | 1.104 | 3 | | | Year | OPS | Rank | | 2026 | .901 | 7 | | 2028 | .970 | 5 | | | Year | VORP | Rank | | 2026 | 59.7 | 8 | | 2028 | 75.6 | 4 | | | | | | |
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