The Tampa Bay Rays traded away popular former All-Star Randy Arozarena on Thursday night, acquiring multiple prospects from the Seattle Mariners.
The Tampa Bay Rays swung a big move on Thursday night, trading away outfielder Randy Arozarena to the Seattle Mariners in a deal for prospects.
The move is a surprising one for the Rays, who are 52-51 and just 4.0 games back in the wild card. Trading away Arozarena represents a likely concession of the season that is sure to frustrate Rays fans. Furthermore, Arozarena is not in a contract year. He'll be under team control for 2.5 more seasons, meaning the Rays had no real financial pressure to trade him, either.
The Rays acquired prospects Aidan Smith and Brody Hopkins from Seattle, in addition to a player to be named later. The right-handed slugger joins the squad from the Rays in exchange for minor leaguers RHP Brody Hopkins, OF Aidan Smith and a player to be named later.Smith had been listed as the Mariners No. 12 prospect by MLB.com. Hopkins was No. 22. Both had been playing at Low-A Modesto.With an athletic 6-foot-3, 190-pound frame that can add more strength along with strong wheels to go with a plus arm, there’s a good chance he can stick in center field, giving him a solid floor.
The 29-year-old Arozarena has spent five years with the Rays. He's hit 20 or more home runs in each of the last three seasons and has 15 this year. He helped the Rays get to the World Series in the COVID 2020 season.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube.
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