Arozarena notably didn’t address his profanity-laden rant directed at Raleigh over the Team USA catcher’s viral handshake snub.
Randy Arozarena returned to Mariners camp Saturday morning with a lot of questions waiting for him in the wake of his viral handshake incident with Seattle teammate Cal Raleigh at the World Baseball Classic.
Arozarena offered Raleigh a polite handshake early on in Team USA’s 5-3 win over Mexico at the WBC but Raleigh turned him down, leading to a very awkward moment that was caught on camera. The Mariners outfielder later fired back at Raleigh in an expletive-filled postgame interview in which he appeared to be seriously upset over the snub andOn Saturday, as Arozarena finally rejoined the Mariners following Mexico’s WBC elimination, he issued a blunt statement through the organization on the recent drama surrounding him and Raleigh: “We didn’t get the results we wanted with Team Mexico, but I’m glad to be back in camp with my teammates. The WBC is behind us now, and I don’t want anything to take away from the Mariners. I’m focused on the season and helping this team compete for a World Series,” the statement, which was translated via a team interpreter, read.“We didn’t get the results we wanted with Team Mexico, but I’m glad to be back in camp with my teammates. The WBC is behind us now, and I don’t want anything to take away from the Mariners. I’m focused on…“focused and locked in” for his national team in that moment. The Mariners catcher insisted there was no bad blood between him and Arozarena and brushed off Arozarena’s fiery rant. “There's no beef. I love Randy. Like I said, when we're back in Seattle, he's my brother. He's family,” Raleigh also declined to fist bump Canada captain and Mariners teammate Josh Naylor during Team USA’s quarterfinal win over Canada on Friday night, though Naylor Baseball fans divided over Raleigh’s refusal to fraternize with Team USA’s opponents will keep their eyes peeled on what the star catcher chooses to do when he faces Julio Rodríguez at the plate in the United States’ WBC semifinal against the Dominican Republic in Miami. So far, Raleigh has gone 0-for-9 in his at-bats during Team USA’s tournament run. He’s also 0-for-2 in dapping up his Mariners teammates—and chances feel pretty high that he’ll be 0-for-3 come Sunday night.Kristen Wong is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020 and has a bachelor’s in English and linguistics from Columbia University. Before joining SI in November 2023, Wong covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site. She is a lifelong Liverpool fan who enjoys solving crossword puzzles and hanging out at her neighborhood dive bar in NYC.
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