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 6-foot-3 switch-hitter was ranked 67th.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
• Carrion is a switch-hitter with above-average athleticism.
  — The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
• Fermín, a switch-hitter, is listed at 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds.
  — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2026
• The Puerto Rican native is a switch-hitter who has shown the ability to get on base.
  — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
• Collins is an on-base machine and brings a unique look as a switch-hitter who can potentially hit atop the lineup.
  — Kansas City Star, 28 Dec. 2025