Yordan Alvarez dethrones José Ramírez

1: Yordan Alvarez
Statistics 2022

The Cuban has risen to the top of the rankings exactly halfway through the major league schedule. The designated hitter and outfielder has seven home runs and a .433 OBP in his last 15 games. Alvarez leads MLB in slugging (.653) and OPS (1.063) and in the American League is second in home runs (24) and OBP (.410), third in RBIs (57), fourth in runs scored (51) and seventh in slugging (.310).

2: Rafael Devers
Statistics 2022

The Dominican is coming off a bad week (.258 with one RBI), but retained second place among the best Latinos of the year. “Carita” Devers leads the American League with 4.1 WAR, 104 hits and 27 doubles and is second in batting (.327) and runs scored (57), fourth in slugging (.579) and OPS (.962), seventh in OBP (.383), ninth in home runs (17) and 12th in RBI (46).

3: Jose Ramirez
Stats 2022

The Dominican is in a mini-slump (batting .185 in the last seven games and .224 in the last 15) that cost him the top spot in “Al Rojas Vivo.” Ramirez leads the American League in runs batted in (63), is second in doubles (26); fifth in runs scored (47), slugging (.577) and OPS (.951) and tenth in home runs (16) and runs batted in (38). He has struck out only 31 times.

4: Manny Machado
Stats 2022

The Dominican Republic native returned to the field after a 10-day absence due to an injury that nearly cost him the rest of the season. Machado is the WAR leader in the MLB (4.3), according to Fangraphs. In the National League, Machado is second in batting (.318), third in OBP (.392) and OPS (.920), eighth in hits (85), 11th in runs scored (49) and 14th in doubles (18), RBIs (46) and total bases (141). He has 12 home runs.

5: Alejandro Kirk
2022 Stats

The Mexican native is batting .347 with 24 RBIs in his last 30 games to move into the elite ranks of major league hitters. In the American League, Kirk is third in OBP (.405), fifth in slugging (.315), sixth in OPS (.910) and ninth in slugging (.505). He has 10 home runs, 12 doubles, 33 RBI, 40 runs scored, 321 innings and only 24 strikeouts in 222 at-bats. He is fourth in all of baseball with 10.63 strikeouts per plate appearance.