Eugenio Suarez led the NL in strikeouts in 2019, and led the AL in strikeouts in 2022 and 2023. As might be expected, every season his strikeout-per-PA was worse than the previous season. Strikeouts were an underlying characteristic that impacted more traditional batting performance metrics like OBP, SLG, whiff% and hard hit %.
In 2022 and 2023, his hard-hit percentage improved, albeit there was little to no impact on his SLG.
In that context, the Diamondbacks acquired Eugenio Suarez for the 2024 season. Let’s look at his 2024 batting performance from the perspective of strikeouts.