Trumbo was raised in Villa Park, CA where the median household income was $116,000 at the time. He got a full ride scholarship to USC. Bautista grew up in the DR and went to a junior college. He had to work his ass off to go from being a journeyman to the player that he is today. He is well known around baseball for his extreme work ethic. Knowing that, read this quote again:
Our guys are good. [Mark] Trumbo is like a working-class-type baseball player. If he was going to work every day on a construction site, you would understand that he brings that kind of work ethic every day. That’s the kind of player that our fans identify with. We try to get gritty players that work hard every day and give their best effort every day. Our fans seem to like that and respond to it.
Mark Trumbo is a big ass 'murican boy so that automatically makes him a gritty, "working class player" (what the f*** does that even mean?) that fans identify with, who would be right at home on a construction site. That automatically implies that Bautista isn't a working class player, isn't "gritty" and doesn't have a good work ethic. Anyone who thinks there are zero racial connotations in that, whether intentional or sub-consciously, is dense.