Within the early morning hours on Friday the Tampa Bay Rays traded certainly one of their greatest gamers, outfielder Randy Arozarena, to the Seattle Mariners for 2 prospects.
On Friday night time, Arozarena spent just a few innings within the stands watching his former teammates play the Cincinnati Reds earlier than formally saying goodbye to Tampa and its followers.
That isn’t the kind of factor you usually see occur in professional sports activities, as a result of there may be normally a rush on getting the participant to their new group as rapidly as attainable. Arozarena, nonetheless, appeared to wish to savor just a little extra time in Tampa earlier than shifting on to his new teammates in Seattle.
Arozarena spent the previous four-and-a-half years with the Rays and developed into an impressive starter of their outfield. He hit not less than 20 dwelling runs in every of the previous three seasons and is on tempo to high that mark once more this season with 15 dwelling runs in his first 100 video games.
He’ll give the Mariners a much-needed bat of their lineup as they attempt to win the American League West. As for the Rays, it began a pre-trade deadline sell-off that continued on Friday afternoon with beginning pitcher Zach Eflin being traded to the Baltimore Orioles.
As for Arozarena’s new group, the Mariners jumped out to an early 8-0 lead within the first inning of their recreation towards the Chicago White Sox.
