switch-hit
verb
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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The switch-hitting Profar, who has slightly better numbers batting from the right side, reportedly agreed to a three-year, $42 million deal with the Atlanta Braves on Thursday.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
The switch-hitting De Vries hit .238/.361/.442 with 11 homers in 75 games to start his career at low Single-A Lake Elsinore, a debut halted by a shoulder injury.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
The Toronto Blue Jays, the perennial bridesmaids of this winter’s free agent sweepstakes, finally got their man Monday, reeling in switch-hitting slugger Anthony Santander.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The switch-hitting Santander, 30, spent his first eight seasons with Baltimore and boasts three consecutive years with at least 28 home runs and 89 RBI.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
The switch-hitting De Vries hit .238/.361/.442 with 11 homers in 75 games to start his career at low Single-A Lake Elsinore, a debut halted by a shoulder injury.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
The Toronto Blue Jays, the perennial bridesmaids of this winter’s free agent sweepstakes, finally got their man Monday, reeling in switch-hitting slugger Anthony Santander.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The switch-hitting Santander, 30, spent his first eight seasons with Baltimore and boasts three consecutive years with at least 28 home runs and 89 RBI.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Switch-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/switch-hit. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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