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Can Randy Arozarena Live Up to the Hype?

Not since Albert Pujols in 2001 has anyone dominated baseball without warning the way Randy Arozarena did last postseason. Or maybe, because The Legend of Randy Arozarena could have been written by Bernard Malamud, you prefer to go back to Roy Hobbs.

Traded by St. Louis last year because it had plenty of outfielders they liked better.

Quarantined with COVID-19, gained 15 pounds of muscle cooking rice and cranking out 300 push-ups a day.

Did not start back-to-back games in his first 11 days with the Rays.

Sought no information on opposing pitchers other than how hard they threw.