How to Use switch-hitter in a Sentence

switch-hitter

noun
  • The switch-hitter had a career year in 2024 for the Orioles.
    — Matt Musico, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Ramírez, a switch-hitter, is a four-time All-Star for the Cleveland Guardians.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Taveras, a switch-hitter, hit a solo home run in the sixth inning that tied the game at 3-3 ...
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
  • The 31-year-old switch-hitter signed a three-year, $42 million deal with the Braves on Thursday.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Heim has been a switch-hitter since his freshman year in high school.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Like Rose and Baldwin, Tony Phillips was a switch-hitter who played all over.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • The switch-hitter batted a modest .250 with one homer in his first nine games.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The switch-hitter won his award for his hometown Pirates in 2014.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 8 July 2025
  • Some switch-hitters have a pair of swings that look like mirror images.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023
  • The switch-hitter can really, really hit and has a chance to break camp with the big club.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Batting left-handed again, the switch-hitter capped the day by going the other way with a two-run home run to left field in the ninth.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Polanco has the most home runs (112) by a switch-hitter in Twins history.
    — USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The skipper thinks Domínguez will be an impactful switch-hitter for years to come, but there’s room for growth.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Replacing Correa early on, the switch-hitter drove in or scored all five of the Twins’ runs.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 30 July 2025
  • Henry Ramos, a switch-hitter and non-roster invitee to camp, was one of the last cuts.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Hyde said shortly after the game the switch-hitter was going to undergo an X-ray on the hand.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The switch-hitter has had no problems against righty Matt Manning, whose start was pushed from Friday night to tonight.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The switch-hitter will swing only from the left side for the foreseeable future since the left hand is not dominant on the swing.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • And Anthony Santander put a bow on the sweep with a grand slam in the ninth — the switch-hitter’s fifth long ball of the season and third grand slam of his career.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2024
  • Caratini is a switch-hitter and did hit nine homers while driving in 34 runs.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Witt had knocked out Cleveland switch-hitter José Ramírez 17-12 in the semifinals.
    — Stephen Hawkins, Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2024
  • Moncada, aged 19 at the time, promptly became one of the top prospects in all baseball as a switch-hitter.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Entering the season, the Orioles were 1-9 when the switch-hitter swatted two long balls.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Castro, a switch-hitter, was traded to the Tigers by the Cleveland Guardians as a minor leaguer in July 2018.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
  • The Nationals stacked five left-handed hitters and a switch-hitter in their lineup.
    — Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The Mets could option Jared Young without losing a left-handed bat since Mauricio is a switch-hitter.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025
  • The guy also was a switch-hitter with incredibly quick hands and stood only 5-9.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Friday, the switch-hitter hit a single to center, homered to right field from the left side of the plate and drove an opposite-field double to the left field corner.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 July 2025
  • Old friend Willi Castro, a switch-hitter and another in-division name, would be a strong fit.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 July 2025
  • The 19-year-old switch-hitter is a gap-to-gap hitter whose exit velocities are starting to jump.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023

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