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The New What Next: The Citrus Series — A Series Preview of Sorts

What was once a certainty, that the Rays would walk away with the Citrus Series title, has now become murky. At 28-28, the Marlins are exceeding everyone’s expectations (hyperbole withstanding) — especially at home. The Marlins have the best home record (20-11) in all of baseball, while the Rays have vastly underperformed on the road. Tampa Bay has gone 11-20 away from the Trop, having dropped their last eight road games.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: A Look at the Previous Month of Rays Baseball (May)

The Tampa Bay Rays concluded a 12-17 month of May with a 7-1 loss in Boston, Saturday. It’s safe to say this isn’t what was hoped for by anyone, following their 11-16 April. This may be an oversimplification of things, but at 23-33 the Rays need to start playing better baseball, plain and simple. To reference things a bit, Tampa Bay was 30-24 after the first two months of play last season.

Myers to the DL, Rays Call Up Jerry Sands, Rays 6/1/14 Starting Lineup

The Rays have placed OF Wil Myers on the 15-day DL, after incurring a sprained wrist in a collision with Desmond Jennings in Friday night’s game. In turn, Tampa Bay has activated 1B/OF Jerry Sands from the Durham Bulls. INF Tim Beckham was moved to the 60-day DL in order to make room for Sands …

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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Fall 3-2 In Extra Innings

In the fifth, Yunel Escobar led things off with a hard hit double of the Monster. Jose Molina moved Escobar to third on a beautifully executed bunt up the right side. If I may, Molina looked like he was setting up camp as he slowly lumbered up the first base line — subsequently getting tagged out halfway between home and first. I’ve seen Molina run slow before, but Christ! J-Mo looked like he ran out of gas two steps out of the batters box.