Jorge Polanco, who signed a five-year contract extension this offseason to remain with the organization through 2023, has established himself as one of the top offensive shortstops in Twins history. Ranking first in average (.284), slugging (.448), OPS (.791), wOBA (.345), Isolated Power (.164), BABIP (.319) and pitches-per-plate appearance (3.97).
- He has the lowest percentage of swings at the first pitch (16.5%), and he has the second lowest at-bat/home run percentage (39.28 ABs).
- He also ranks tied for third in 4+ hit games (7), fourth in percentage of swings with balls put in play (44.1%) and seventh in XBH (126).
- Since his debut in 2014, Polanco ranks fourth among all Major League shortstops in batting average, sixth in on-base percentage, seventh in OPS and in swing-miss percentage (15.6). He’s also tied for the fourth-fewest strikeouts in that span (209) with Alexei
Ramirez, who hasn’t played since 2016, (the only active player with at least 300 games at shortstop and less strikeouts is Miami infielder Miguel Rojas, who has struck out 127 times in 338 games as a shortstop since 2014).
*All stats with minimum of 300 games as shortstop. Data courtesy of Twins GameNotes.
