Por Alexander Gómez
El cubano Yordan Álvarez, de los Astros de Houston, conectó su cuadrangular número treinta para ser tercero en las Grandes Ligas y comandar a los jonroneros extranjeros en el 2022.
Álvarez, está detrás de Aaron Judge, de los Yanquis, con 41, seguido por Kyle Schawrber, de los Filis, con 32. Rafael Devers, de los Medias Rojas, con sus 22, sigue detrás de Álvarez en el puesto 15.
El nacido en Ciego de Ávila se fue de 3-3 con un jonrón solitario, un sencillo productor, dos bases por bolas y una carrera adicional anotada en la victoria por 11-1 sobre los Marineros el viernes, para liderar toda la MLB con un magnífico OBP de .423. El bate de poder zurdo de 25 años ahora tiene 69 carreras impulsadas y un OPS de 1.110.
JONRONEROS EXTRANJEROS
| MLB | BATEADOR | EQP | HR |
| 3 | Alvarez, Y | HOU | 30 |
| 15 | Devers, R | BOS | 22 |
| 16 | Guerrero Jr., V | TOR | 21 |
| 17 | Ohtani, S | LAA | 21 |
| 18 | Ramírez, J | CLE | 21 |
| 19 | Adames, W | MIL | 20 |
| 22 | Soto, J | WSH | 20 |
| 24 | Altuve, J | HOU | 19 |
| 31 | Ozuna, M | ATL | 18 |
| 32 | Rodríguez, J | SEA | 18 |
| 33 | Santander, A | BAL | 18 |
| 35 | Machado, M | SD | 17 |
| 39 | Lindor, F | NYM | 16 |
| 40 | Suárez, E | SEA | 16 |
| 41 | Torres, G | NYY | 16 |
| 42 | Flores, W | SF | 15 |
| 46 | Peña, J | HOU | 15 |
| 55 | Chisholm Jr., J | MIA | 14 |
| 56 | Contreras, W | CHC | 14 |
| 59 | Paredes, I | TB | 14 |
| 60 | Polanco, J | MIN | 14 |
| 62 | Suwinski, J | PIT | 14 |
| 68 | Hernández, T | TOR | 13 |
| 70 | Soler, J | MIA | 13 |
| 75 | Aguilar, J | MIA | 12 |
| 76 | Arozarena, R | TB | 12 |
| 77 | Correa, C | MIN | 12 |
| 79 | Escobar, E | NYM | 12 |
| 83 | Kirk, A | TOR | 12 |
| 84 | Peralta, D | ARI | 12 |
| 85 | Perez, S | KC | 12 |
| 86 | Robert, L | CWS | 12 |
| 87 | Sánchez, J | MIA | 12 |
| 88 | Urías, L | MIL | 12 |
| 90 | Abreu, J | CWS | 11 |
| 92 | Contreras, W | ATL | 11 |
| 93 | Giménez, A | CLE | 11 |
| 96 | Marte, S | NYM | 11 |
| 100 | Urías, R | BAL | 11 |
| 101 | Yepez, J | STL | 11 |
| 103 | Candelario, J | DET | 10 |
| 104 | Castillo, D | PIT | 10 |
| 109 | Laureano, R | OAK | 10 |
| 110 | Maldonado, M | HOU | 10 |
| 112 | Marte, K | ARI | 10 |
| 117 | Odor, R | BAL | 10 |
| 118 | Sánchez, G | MIN | 10 |
LOS JONRONES DEL VIERNES
| BATEADOR | PAIS | EQP | HR | PIES |
| Aaron Judge | NYY | 41 | 370 | |
| Aaron Judge | NYY | 40 | 449 | |
| Yordan Alvarez | CUB | HOU | 30 | 384 |
| Austin Riley | ATL | 29 | 352 | |
| Byron Buxton | MIN | 25 | 438 | |
| Anthony Rizzo | NYY | 24 | 422 | |
| Jose Ramirez | DOM | CLE | 21 | 402 |
| Rhys Hoskins | PHI | 20 | 410 | |
| Patrick Wisdom | CHC | 19 | 368 | |
| Matt Chapman | TOR | 19 | 420 | |
| Anthony Santander | VEN | BAL | 18 | 375 |
| Manny Machado | DOM | SD | 17 | 363 |
| Wilmer Flores | VEN | SF | 15 | 348 |
| Will Smith | LAD | 15 | 435 | |
| Seth Brown | OAK | 14 | 363 | |
| Luke Voit | SD | 13 | 368 | |
| Seth Brown | OAK | 13 | 389 | |
| Salvador Perez | VEN | KC | 12 | 424 |
| Nolan Gorman | STL | 11 | 374 | |
| Starling Marte | NYM | 11 | 413 | |
| Brandon Nimmo | NYM | 10 | 406 | |
| Joey Votto | CAN | CIN | 9 | 373 |
| Aledmys Diaz | CUB | HOU | 8 | 395 |
| Eric Hosmer | SD | 8 | 410 | |
| Jorge Alfaro | COL | SD | 7 | 373 |
| Elvis Andrus | OAK | 7 | 400 | |
| Aledmys Diaz | HOU | 7 | 401 | |
| Ha-Seong Kim | COR | SD | 6 | 393 |
| Josh Harrison | CWS | 5 | 365 | |
| Ke’Bryan Hayes | PIT | 5 | 353 | |
| Lars Nootbaar | STL | 5 | 401 | |
| Stephen Piscotty | OAK | 5 | 413 | |
| Mauricio Dubon | HON | HOU | 4 | 371 |
| Trayce Thompson | LAD | 4 | 430 | |
| Willi Castro | PUR | DET | 4 | 352 |
| Geraldo Perdomo | DOM | ARI | 3 | 417 |
