His name is Yordan Alvarez, from Las Tunas, Cuba. Some call him the Big Tuna from Las Tunas. Some who survey the damage he wreaks on other teams just call him Godzilla. Having just hit a record-setting seven home runs in his first twelve games, others call the 22 year-old rookie phenom the Man-Child.
He’s a superstar in the making, so we call him Air Yordan.
And in honor of how this young man has captured the imagination of Astros fans everywhere, Breaking T, in association with Vox Media, is offering you, the devoted Astros fans and readers of the Crawfish Boxes, this exclusive Air Yordan T-shirt
For those who need to see the numbers, here they are: In his first twelve games Air Yordan hit seven home runs, a record.