1 week Ago By David Hill, Yardbarker
Every hitter goes through slumps during the season. It is even more noticeable when those cold stretches happen at the start of the year. An even brighter spotlight shines on those cold streaks when the team as a whole is struggling, as those stars are needed even more as their teams look for a spark.
Here are three players that need to heat up in a hurry. Arozarena provided a spark for the Rays on Sunday. Down to his final strike against closer Edwin Diaz, Arozarena launched a game-tying home run in the Rays' 7-6 10-inning victory.
That home run was one of the few bright spots of his season thus far as Arozarena has posted a .143/.234/.
278 batting line in his 141 plate appearances, hitting five homers and two doubles. Down to their final strike, Randy Arozarena ties it for @RaysBaseball ! pic.twitter.
com/LdzG2CGvZm Arozarena has not hit the ball well when he has made contact, ranking in the 25th percentile in hard-hit rate. He is striking out at the worst rate of his career and is in the eighth percentile in whiff rate. His expected .
197/.237/.347 batting line is still mediocre but is an improvement over what he has done thus far.
The Rays are ninth in the American League with 140 runs scored and tenth with a .670 OPS. Getting Arozarena back to form will help jumpstart the offense.
The 2021 season seems so far away for Guerrero. He led the majors with 48 homers and his 1.002 OPS paced the American League.
Guerrero finished second in the MVP vote that year and appeared to be .
