It’s no secret that Mike Zunino has been struggling at the plate this year. In 30 at-bats, he’s hit .100/.206/.439 (AVG/OBP/SLG). To be fair, the rest of the team hasn’t been hitting their best either. Zunino has some offensive potential, but something isn’t quite clicking this season. Let’s see what’s going on with him. Zunino’s…
Yarbrough took the mound tonight against Boston for the second game of a two game series at Tropicana Field. He gave up eight hits in five innings and had five strikeouts. Trouble struck when a breaking ball to Alex Verdugo ended up as a two run home run in the 4th inning. Fast forward to…
Austin Meadows might just be the spark the Rays needed to get the offense going again. In his 2020 debut, he went 1 for 4 with a RBI triple to score Perez from first. He almost went 2 for 4, but Jackie Bradley Jr. made a pretty amazing catch to rob him of a base…
The most alarming part of the series against the Orioles is not that the Rays lost all three games (though that is pretty bad). It’s that the Rays did not play anywhere near the level that they are capable of. The Rays are such a talented team with so many strengths and there is not…
Out of all the Rays losses so far, this had to be one of the more frustrating ones. The Orioles took both games against the Rays so far, and the Rays just don’t look their best. It’s so frustrating that this year the Rays were finally being taken seriously by MLB, power rankings, etc., and…
Johan Camargo hits a long fly ball to centerfield. Kiermaier running back to the wall and…the ball falls to his left. The 7th inning was as if the Rays were in a parallel universe where they can’t play defense. Play after play did not go the Rays way, so let’s see where it all went…
Dansby Swanson homers off of Glasnow in the second on a pitch right down the middle. Glasnow didn’t really have his curveball command yet and had missed a few fastballs down the heart of the plate. So naturally, I was thinking “gee, this is going to be a long game”. A long game it was,…
The Braves are a tough team to beat. They basically turned last night’s game against the Mets into a home run derby. Austin Riley crushed a ball that I am pretty sure has not landed yet. While the Rays took 2 out of 3 against Toronto, they need to perform better overall if they want…
You can bet on the Rays to do something weird. And this first series against Toronto, it was the four man outfield. The Rays are trailblazers in a lot of baseball strategies, primarily the shift and the opener. So as a Rays fan, I’m never surprised when the defense gets in a more extreme shift…
Yikes. I have never been more confident about the strength of the Rays team before, but last night the Rays did not look their best. Last night the Rays played an intrasquad simulation game (first one televised), light blue Rays against navy blue Rays. If you thought it was going to be a definite win…