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Isaac Paredes became the youngest Mexican player to hit 30 home runs in an MLB season, becoming the second Mexican to is also the second player to reach this milestone.
Isaac Paredes hit his 30th home run
Isaac had a historic home run this Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays, at the age of 24 years 218 days, surpassing by almost three years Vinny Castilla, who set the mark in 1995 with the Colorado Rockies, at the age of 27 years and 51 days.
Paredes blew the fence between left and center field in the seventh inning and took out a runner before Yimi Garc�a's pitches. However, it was not enough as the Blue Jays won 9-5 at Tropicana Field in Tampa.
Paredes is playing his fourth season in the Major Leagues and his second with the Rays, totaling 50 home runs in 249 games with the North Florida team.
With his 20 home runs last year, he became the fifth player to surpass this number, behind Castilla himself who did it eight times, Erubiel Durazo (twice), Christian Villanueva, and Luis Ur�as. This season he joined a select list, along with Castilla and Durazo, as the only Mexican players with multiple seasons with at least 20 home runs.
In addition, this year, Isaac has three two-homer games, against the New York Mets on May 16 (both against Justin Verlander), on June 9 against the Texas Rangers, and on July 29 against the Houston Astros. He has also already hit a grand slam, the second of his career, against Ken Waldichuk of the Oakland Athletics on April 7.
Isaac has eight home runs in July, six in August, five in June, four each in April and May, and three in September. Upon his arrival in the MLB, Isaac only hit one home run in 2020 and one more in 2021. By 2022 he hit 22 homers and in 2023, in addition to the 30 home runs, he has 95 runs batted in, eighth in the American League in runs produced, as well as 118 hits in 138 games.