SEATTLE -- Randy Arozarena has racked up his first individual honor in this MLB Awards season.
The free-agent left fielder, who spent the past two-plus seasons with the Mariners, was recognized on Wednesday at the MLB Awards presented by MGM Rewards ceremony in Las Vegas.
Arozarena was named to the Second Team among outfielders, along with the Nationals’ James Wood and the Cardinals’ Jordan Walker.
The First Team consisted of the Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. and the Brewers’ Jackson Chourio.
Arozarena, who is coming off a career season, was Seattle’s lone representative across all positions. The club had an MLB-high-tying four players selected last year.
The All-MLB honors, established in 2019, recognize baseball’s best at each position based on regular-season play.
The initiative was introduced to honor players’ full-season contributions, given that All-Star selections are based on first-half performance. Fans were asked to vote at MLB.com to help choose first- and second-team selections at each position (including three outfielders, one designated hitter, five starting pitchers and two relievers) among this year's nominees.
For context, only regular-season criteria were asked to be considered.
Arozarena, who is also a Silver Slugger Award finalist, is coming off a season in which he swatted 26 homers with two triples, 34 doubles, 79 RBIs and 26 stolen bases over 154 games. That correlated to 5.5 wins above replacement, per FanGraphs, and 151 wRC+ (where league average is 100), and it was good for a slash line of .281/.381/.484 (.865 OPS).
In an otherwise disappointing season in Seattle, Arozarena was a bright spot.
He was the Mariners’ lone representative selected to the All-Star Game, and despite the many highs and lows of the year, he was their most consistent player, never succumbing to a true slump.
Arozarena is now a free agent for the first time in his career and could be in line for a big payday.
The Mariners extended Arozarena a qualifying offer earlier this month -- a one-year deal that for next season is valued at $23.15 million -- but he is expected to decline before Tuesday’s deadline to do so. That would allow him to seek a more lucrative multiyear deal on the open market.