According to Mark Simon (ESPN), the Tampa Bay Rays are still among the MLB leaders in hard contact, just behind the Pirates and the Diamondbacks.
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Rays 5/3/16 starting lineup, etc
Noteworthiness ― Jason Hanselman (The Process Report) did a wonderful job in detailing the Rays, who are drunk on swinging the bat at seemingly everything. While we put together our April status report, give this a read. ― Piggy backing on that, we analyzed the K% of the Rays’ regulars. ― Don’t forget to read …
The New What Next: Rays vs Dodgers ― an interleague series preview
The Los Angeles Dodgers head east to take on the Tampa Bay Rays in an unusual two game, interleague series at Tropicana Field.
Strikeout percentage — the one valid statistic you should pay attention to at the moment
Strikeout percentage is a statistic based on total plate appearances. It can be used to make inferences about a player based on a certain sample size.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Casali’s walk off RBI single, lifts Rays past Jays.
Chris Archer didn’t have his best stuff Saturday night versus Toronto. Despite walking 4 and throwing 100 pitches in only six innings of work, Archer allowed only one hit, a 2-run home run off the bat of Joey Bautista which hugged the left field foul pole in the bottom of the third. Archer had command …