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Who is this rookie masher? Is he merely human? He’s Air Yordan. Get the first Yordan Alvarez T-shirt

His name is Yordan Alvarez, from Las Tunas, Cuba. Some call him the Big Tuna from Las Tunas. Some who survey the damage he does to other teams just call him Godzilla. Having just hit a record-setting seven home runs in his first twelve games, others call the 22 year-old rookie phenom the Man-Child.

He’s a superstar in the making, so we call him Air Yordan.

And in honor of how this young man has captured the imagination of Astros fans everywhere, Breaking T, in association with Vox Media, is offering Astros fans and readers of the Crawfish Boxes this exclusive Air Yordan T-shirt

For those who need to see the numbers, here they are: In 15 games Yordan Alvarez has hit seven home runs, 21 RBI, 1.