How Arraez went from giving up on baseball to MLB's best hitter
It all began when Arraez, a natural righty, would pick up his plastic bat left-handed to strike a ball hung from the family's mango tree. His father, Ernesto, taught him to swing for left field, where he insisted hits could be found. That mentality transformed Luis into "La Regadera" or "The Sprinkler," spraying balls across the field.