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Comparisons to Tony Gwynn began to follow Luis Arráez when he first established himself in the big leagues, growing more prevalent as the hits piled up and the batting titles followed. Arráez wasn't as prolific, but his skills and the way he utilized them -- consistently spraying baseballs to unoccupied spaces all over the field, barreling pitches regardless of how or where they were thrown -- made links to one of history's most gifted hitters seem inevitable.
Tony Gwynn Jr., the late Hall of Famer's son, often heard them and largely understood them.