SAN DIEGO — When Luis Arraez leads off for the San Diego Padres in Tuesday’s postseason opener at Petco Park, he will do so as a three-time batting champion. He will also enter the left-handed batter’s box as a walking contradiction.
He has been traded twice in two years. He has lost a salary arbitration hearing. He has seen his impact downplayed by front offices and scores of baseball watchers who increasingly view the game through the lens of analytics.
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And yet, in a lineup that features Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr. and potential National League rookie of the year Jackson Merrill, Arraez is the face of an offense that fueled
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