Within the early morning hours on Friday the Tampa Bay Rays traded considered one of their finest gamers, outfielder Randy Arozarena, to the Seattle Mariners for 2 prospects.
On Friday night time, Arozarena spent a number of 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 sometimes see occur in professional sports activities, as a result of there’s often a rush on getting the participant to their new group as shortly as doable. Arozarena, nonetheless, appeared to need to savor slightly 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 excellent starter of their outfield. He hit at the very least 20 house runs in every of the previous three seasons and is on tempo to prime that mark once more this season with 15 house runs in his first 100 video games.Â
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. Â
