The 2023 WBC Star player’s movie resume Vol.21: David Fletcher (Los Angeles Angels): Major Candidate for Team Italy: “Mr.Dowinswing”

Today's players' movie resume concerns Los Angeles' second baseman, David Fletcher. He can play for Team Italy in the 2023 World Baseball Classic since his mother is from Italy.


David Fletcher was selected by the Angels with the 195th overall pick in the sixth round of the 2015 MLB draft.


Fletcher made his big league debut in 2018 and appeared in 80 games, recording .275 with one homer and 25 RBIs.


In 2019, his first full season, the right-handed hitter batted .290 with six home runs and 25 RBI, leading his team in hits with 173.


In 2020, the COVID-19-shortened season, the contact hitter played as both a second baseman and a third baseman and shortstop for Anthony Rendon and Andrelton Simmons, who both were injured. He marked .319, the best in his team that year.


In 2021, the 28-year-old infielder recorded a 26-game hitting streak from June 13 to July 17, the second longest in Angels history, behind only Garret Anderson's 28 games in 1998. He finished the season with .262 in 157 contests for most of his career.


In 2022, Fletcher appeared in only 61 games because he missed from the middle of May to late July due to his hip injury. He had a batting average of .255 this season.
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KAISPO 's baseball analyst commented,
"his batting has a feature to swing down on a ball. His line drive goes up because of chopping a ball. He will be able to hit a ball over infielders or into a hall and make a productive out while his extra-base hit decreases. He is an essential hitter for station-to-station baseball and rare in MLB, where long-ball batters receive attention."
(MLB No.274 KAISPO No.1455)