Major Leaguer resume Vol.85/WBC Player’s resume Vol.71:Eddie Rosario(Atlanta Braves) :Major Candidate for Team Puerto Rico:“Long Hit & Single without Overswing!”

■Today's player;
Today's player's resume concerns the Atlanta Braves outfielder Eddie Rosario. Rosario is a Puerto Rican-born player and will commit to Team Puerto Rico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

■The KAISPO baseball analyst comment;
"Rosario is a good hitter with good contact and a sharp swing. He never overplays his swing, makes solid contact, and turns his hip to hit a single and long ball. Rosario missed about two months due to an eye problem. I felt relieved as he recovered during the season. Although he didn't have the best season in 2022, he usually bats in the high .200s and has smashed double digits homers for seven straight seasons from his debut to 2021. Rosario will come back into form in 2023 and beyond."

■Story;
Eddie Rosario was picked by the Minnesota Twins with the 135th overall selection of the fourth round of the 2010 MLB draft.

On May 6, 2015, Rosario made his major league debut against the Oakland Athletics, starting in the right field and batting eighth. On his first plate and the first pitch he saw, he hit a solo homer for the first hit and RBI of his career to left-center field to put on the board in the third off left-hander Scott Kazmir in a 13-0 Twins win. He excellently batted .267 with 13 home runs, 50 RBIs, and the American League-leading 15 triples in his first year, appearing in 122 games.

On June 13, 2017, the left-handed had a magical day. Rosario went 3-for-5 with three homers, five RBIs, and three runs in a 20-7 wipe-out over the Seattle Mariners, in which Minnesota set a new franchise record for 28 hits. In his first multi-homer game, he became the seventh Twin to smash three home runs and the fifth player to deliver three homers in a match from the No.9 hole. Appearing in his career, most 151 contests, he slashed .290/.328./507 with 27 long balls and 78 RBIs in 2017. In 2019, Rosario collected 32 home runs, and 109 RBIs, for most of his career in the two categories.

On August 27, 2021, the Puerto Rican player was traded to the Braves after playing in 78 contests for the Cleveland Indians at the beginning of the 2021 season. On September 19, he completed a cycle on only five pitches over the San Francisco Giants, becoming the 2nd Brave and the first Puerto Rican player to do so. In the postseason, Eddie amazingly batted .383/.456/.617 with 23 hits, three home runs, and 11 RBIs to help the Braves win the World Series title. He was named an MVP of the National League Championship Series with .560, three homers, and nine RBIs.

■MLB Career Stats;
At the end of the 2022 season, Eddie Rosario has marked .270/.305/.462 with 138 home runs and 474 RBIs in his eight big league seasons. 
(MLB No.378 KAISPO No.1558)