Arozarena went 1-for-5 with a solo home run and two runs scored Tuesday against the Red Sox.
Arozarena slugged his eighth home run of the season and fifth in his last 11 games. He's also stolen three bags in that span. While his counting stats have been trending positively, Arozarena has still struck out at a 31.5 percent clip in May, leading to a .205 batting average for the month.
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Rays' Randy Arozarena: Homers, plates four
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Arozarena went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI in Saturday's victory over the Yankees.
Arozarena made a baserunning blunder following a walk in the first inning when he overslid the second base bag while trying to advance on a flyout. He immediately made up for it in his next plate appearance with an opposite-field, three-run homer. Arozarena later doubled in another run and scored again to cap off a big night. While Arozarena has still been striking out too much this month (30.8 percent), he now has four home runs in his first nine May contests.
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Rays' Randy Arozarena: Slugs sixth homer
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Arozarena went 1-for-3 with a walk and a two-run home run in Tuesday's 5-1 win over the White Sox.
The 29-year-old outfielder went yard for the third time in the last five games, and while he has only four hits over that stretch, all four have gone for extra bases. Arozarena still isn't quite locked in at the plate -- he hasn't put together a multi-hit performance since March 30 -- but he appears close to breaking out. A hot streak is long overdue, as he sports a .152/.253/.311 slash line through 36 contests with six homers, six steals, 13 RBI and 16 runs.
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Rays' Randy Arozarena: Starting to hit for power
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Arozarena went 1-for-5 with a solo home run and a stolen base Sunday against the Mets.
Arozarena took Edwin Diaz yard in the ninth inning to tie the game, tallying his fifth home run of the season and second in his last three starts. He also swiped his fifth base of the year and has yet to be caught. It's been an ugly start to the season for Arozarena, and even with this burst of power, he has failed to record multiple hits in a game since March 30. The slow start has been the result of some bad luck -- he has a .165 BABIP -- but he's also struck out at an elevated 29.8 percent clip across 141 plate appearances.
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Rays' Randy Arozarena: On base four times Friday
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Arozarena went 1-for-2 with three walks, a solo home run and a second run scored in Friday's 10-8 win over the Mets.
The 29-year-old outfielder has had a brutal start to 2024 that includes what would be a career-high 29.1 percent strikeout rate and a career-low .455 OPS, but Arozarena came through with a solid performance in a wild win. His fourth-inning long ball off Dedniel Nunez was his fourth homer in 32 games to go along with four steals, and Arozarena has contributed a respectable 14 runs and 15 RBI despite his woeful .145/.242/.265 slash line.
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Rays' Randy Arozarena: Not starting Sunday
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Arozarena is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Arozarena started the previous nine games but will receive a breather after he went 4-for-34 with 13 strikeouts during that span. Harold Ramirez will shift to left field while Austin Shenton starts at designated hitter.
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Rays' Randy Arozarena: Ends homer drought
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Arozarena went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Wednesday against the Tigers.
Arozarena went deep in his first plate appearance of the game, snapping a 19-start homeless drought. He struck out in his remaining three at-bats and has now punched out three times in three of his last five contests. Arozarena has gotten off to a poor start to the season, highlighted by a .158 average and a 29.1 percent strikeout rate.
Arozarena is absent from the lineup for Thursday's contest versus the Angels.
Arozarena will get just his second day off this season while he's stuck in a 2-for-23 rut at the plate that has dropped his slash line to .174/.240/.275 for the season. While Arozarena rests, Harold Ramirez will pick up a start in left field.
Rays' Randy Arozarena: Stays aggressive on basepaths
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Arozarena went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base Wednesday against the Angels.
Arozarena hasn't had a good start at the plate, as he's hitting just .174 with two home runs across 75 plate appearances. When he has gotten on base, however, he's taken advantage as he's managed four stolen bases without being caught. Arozarena is also striking out at a fairly typical 25.3 percent clip, so there's not a significant reason to panic about his performance yet.
Arozarena went 1-for-4 with an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base Sunday against the Giants.
Arozarena has gotten off to a sluggish start to the season, as he's failed to record a multi-hit performance in any of his last 12 starts with only two extra-base hits in that span. He has found other ways to produce, most notably by being aggressive on the basepaths as he swiped his third bag of the campaign Sunday. There's also reason for optimism that Arozarena can turn the rest of his results around, as he has a 24.6 percent strikeout rate -- in line with his career norm -- paired with only a .231 BABIP.
Arozarena is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rockies, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Arozarena has a .652 OPS through 37 plate appearances and will head to the bench Sunday for the first time this season. Richie Palacios will start in left field and bat fifth in the series finale at Colorado.
Rays' Randy Arozarena: Powers team with homer, two steals
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Arozarena went 2-for-3 with a walk, a solo home run, three total runs scored and two stolen bases in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Blue Jays.
Arozarena showed off with a homer against Yusei Kikuchi in the fifth inning, his first long ball of the new season, followed by a pair of steals in the seventh. It was his second straight multi-hit game after an 0-for-4 showing on Opening Day. Arozarena has been remarkably consistent since his breakout with Tampa Bay and is now in search of a fourth straight 20-20 season.
