Isaac Paredes reached his 30th season Tampa Bay Rays’ Isaac Paredes celebrates after hitting a two-run home run Isaac Paredes became the youngest Mexican player to hit 30 home runs in an MLB season and the second Mexican to reach the milestone.
Isaac Paredes hit his 30th home run Isaac hit a historic home run this Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays at the age of 24 years and 218 days, almost three years since Vinny Castilla set the mark in 1995 with the Colorado Rockies at 27 years and 51 years. days Paredes blasted a blast over the left-center field fence in the seventh, advancing Yimi García with a runner on the field.
It wasn’t enough, however, as the Blue Jays won 9-5 at Tropicana Field in Tampa. Isaac Paredes makes it a one run game with 2 hits. He destroyed the ball. 6-5, Toronto still in the lead, end of the 7th. Paredes is in his fourth season in the majors and second with the Rays, hitting 50 home runs in 249 games with the North Florida team.
With 20 home runs last year, he became the fifth player to surpass that number, with Castile himself doing it eight times, Erubiel Durazo (twice), Christian Villanueva and Luis Urías. That season, he joined Castilla and Durazo as the only Mexican players with at least 20 home runs in multiple seasons. Isaac Paredes leads Cavan Biggio on the right.
Catchability: 24% Estimated distance traveled: 106.1 feet Exit velocity: 92.6 mph Launch angle: 22 degrees Distance hit: 334 feet Additionally, Isaac has three two-run homers this year, 16 against the New York Mets. May (both against Justin Verlander), June 9 against the Texas Rangers and July 29 against the Houston Astros.
He also already hit his second career grand slam in the seventh against Ken Waldichuk of the Oakland Athletics. April. Isaac has eight home runs in July, six in August, five in June, four each in April and May and three in September.
After reaching the MLB, Isaac hit only one home run in 2020 and another in 2021. He hit 22 home runs in 2022 and has 30 home runs and 95 home runs in 2023, eighth among Americans. League runs scored and 118 hits in 138 games.
