Bleed Cubbie Blue · Oct 21, 2020
Outside The Confines: It’s Randy Arozarena’s world
Photo by Harry How/Getty ImagesFew players made a postseason splash quite the way Rays outfielder and rookie Randy Arozarena has in 2020. Arozarena, the first rookie position player to ever win an ALCS MVP award, has been a sensational reminder of just how fun baseball can be when it’s played at full tilt.
Arozarena, a name no one outside the Rays organization was really aware of to start the season, is now the only thing anyone seems to want to talk about. With seven postseason home runs, 10 RBIs, and four walks, it seems like Arozarena is a machine designed to dazzle in October.
Before we get into the rest of today’s links, here are some spotlights on the postseason wunderkind.