Luis Sangel Arráez is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins and Miami Marlins. Arráez represents the Venezuelan national team in international competitions.
Arráez signed with the Twins as an international free agent in 2013, and made his MLB debut with them in 2019. In 2022, Arráez was an All-Star and won the American League batting title and a Silver Slugger Award.
For his hitting prowess, he is nicknamed "La Regadera" (Spanish for "The Sprinkler"). He hit for the cycle on April 11, 2023 against the Phillies, making him the first Marlins player to do so, and tied an MLB record in June 2023 for the most five-hit games in a single month, earning his second All-Star selection in the process. Arráez won the National League batting title in 2023, becoming the second player in the modern era to win a batting title in each league and the first to do so in consecutive years.
