switch-hit

verb

ˈswich-ˈhit

switch-hit; switch-hitting

: to bat right-handed against a left-handed pitcher and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher in baseball

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Investing in the 30s of a career .246 hitter with limited fielding value carries risk, but switch-hitting sluggers never go out of style and the Blue Jays had to land one of their top targets at some point. —

Tim Britton, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025 The switch-hitting shortstop paired 11 homers with a .803 OPS as the youngest player in the low Single-A California League before becoming the youngest player to homer in the Arizona Fall League since Bryce Harper (2010). —

Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025 Now, the Jays will add Scherzer to their rotation after bolstering their lineup with switch-hitting slugger Anthony Santander. —

Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025 Among the top Bucs players are Friday night starting pitcher Billy Eich and switch-hitting outfielder Harry Vargas Seguera. —

Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for switch-hit