It doesn’t take much for Randy Arozarena to leave his mark.
Throughout his MLB career, including with the Seattle Mariners, Arozarena has been a memorable player. His body language, his antics, and his talent all make him a fan favorite for many folks who watch him play.
That’s what added plenty of emotion to Sunday, the final day of the MLB regular season.
The Mariners won’t be going to the playoffs, and so it marked their last game of the season.
For Arozarena, it might be his last game in Seattle as a home player.
He’s slated to be a free agent, and the Mariners paid him homage on Sunday.
Randy Arozarena Says Goodbye
The Mariners chose to pull Arozarena in the middle of the seventh inning.
That allowed them to ensure he got a cool ovation from the whole Seattle fanbase in the stadium for the season finale.
Arozarena took his time getting off the field and definitely did acknowledge the crowd.
He also got to the dugout, found a television camera, pointed to the ‘S’ on his hat, and gave a salute.
It was one more way of Arozarena saying goodbye to those who might have been watchin.
Randy Arozarena salutes the camera in what is likely his last game as a Mariner pic.twitter.com/VjKTIbBPqn
— Punchoutpitch (@Punchoutpitch) September 27, 2026
This move doesn’t guarantee that Arozarena is leaving town, but it sure doesn’t seem like something a player would do if he felt confident about staying put.
Randy Arozarena Career Before and With Mariners
Arozarena made his MLB debut briefly in 2019 for the St. Louis Cardinals, but he first made a name for himself the following year on the playoff stage after being acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays.
In the 2020 playoffs, after having played just 42 MLB games in the regular season, Arozarena hit 10 home runs with a .377 average and 1.273 OPS.
He was an MLB regular from there, and a guy that you always had to keep your eye on because you were never quite sure what he might do. He hit 20-plus homers in four consecutive seasons from 2021 through 2024, and he also stole at least 20 bases in all four of those seasons.
The Mariners acquired him midseason from the Rays in 2024 in a trade, and he was a key piece of Seattle’s great 2025 season en route to the ALCS.
He hit a career-high 27 regular season homers in 2025.
In the 2026 season, Arozarena kept it going. He hit a career-high .281. He also slugged 26 home runs and stole 26 bases while driving in 79 runs and putting up an .865 OPS.
Arozarena will turn 32 years old in February. He may not cost a super long-term, huge contract, but rather just a solid medium one.
The Mariners probably will go in a different direction, based on this interaction from Arozarena.
That could mean his entertaining brand of baseball will be enjoyed by another fanbase soon enough.
Randy Arozarena Says Goodbye To Mariners