It was Semien's second multi-hit game of the season and it couldn't have come at a better time for Oakland. The leadoff hitter is typically responsible for setting the tone for a team's offense, and as such, it isn't surprising to see the Athletics have often struggled to score runs this season with Semien seeing a significant drop-off at the plate early.
section: | slug: | sport: baseball | route: player | Marcus Semien Projections | Platoon Splits (RHP vs LHP) Marcus Semien projected to 150 Games vs RHP and LHP with 12 team mixed fantasy value. To start, he’s the third most expensive bat after Fernando Tatis Jr. ($6,100) and Trevor Story ($5,900), both of whom are at Coors Field and in their preferred matchups against lefties.
Marcus Semien: 38.9%: 48.9%: 10.0%: I bet you would have never guessed that Niko Goodrum would top this leaderboard! Semien is showing some signs of life over his past seven games hitting .233 with one home run, three RBI, four walks, five runs scored, and two stolen bases. The veteran shortstop still has plenty of work to do -- his 31.9 percent strikeout rate is a career high, while his 2.9 percent walk rate is his lowest since his rookie 2013 campaign -- but his current surge may be an indication that he's beginning an ascension to his career norms.Semien went 2-for-7 with an RBI in Friday's extra-inning win over the Astros. Semien finally got the A's on the board in the eighth inning with a two-run triple off Bryan Shaw.
Unfortunately, the A's still came up short. Semien has hit safely in three of the past four games, but he still sports just a .130 average (3-for-24) in five August contests and hasn't left the yard yet this season after slugging a career-high 33 home runs in 2019.Semien went 1-for-4 with a triple, two RBI and a run scored in Friday's loss to Seattle. Semien played hero for the Athletics, as he notched the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the 13th inning with a single to center field. There is no artificially low BABIP (.286) as a culprit either, as Semien is simply either swinging and missing or putting the ball in the air a lot more (51.4 percent flyball rate) than in previous seasons.