Leody Taveras has cranked up the patience and the power during the Rangers’ playoff run.
Texas Rangers batter Leody Taveras receives a high-five from third base coach Tony Beasley following his fifth inning solo home run in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros on Sunday, Oct. 15, in Houston.ARLINGTON — This is not a story about Evan Carter. That’s an easy misconception, in fairness, considering how the Rangers’ rookie outfielderyoung Rangers outfielder thriving in the midst of his first playoff run.
The drastic flip is pretty staggering. He had a 6.3% walk rate in the regular season; it’s 20.7% in the playoffs. Of the 2,107 pitches he saw in the regular season, 743 were for balls; in the playoffs, that percentage has risen more than 10 points to 46.5%. He’s swung at just 14 pitches outside of the strike zone in the playoffs, two of which went for base hits.
Easy enough. There’s a case to be made, too, that playing time can solve a lot of issues. Hey, they can’t all be Carter.Taveras, a top-50 prospect in baseball in the 2017 and 2018 seasons, played 33 games with the Rangers in 2020, 49 in 2021 and then 99 last season. This year was his first playing close to a full-time, every day schedule in center field. He delivered 47 extra base hits, the most by a Texas center fielder since Josh Hamilton in 2012.
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