The New What Next: Rays vs Athletics — a series preview; Kiermaier placed on the DL with a fractured hip

The Tampa Bay Rays will begin a four-game, three-day set with the Oakland Athletics on Friday night. Both teams are coming series’ wins.

The New What Next: Rays vs. A’s ― a series preview

The team with the second fewest number of runs scored the AL meets the league’s worst pitching staff, when the Rays begin a three-game set with the A’s.

The New What Next: Rays vs Athletics, Part Two — A Series Preview

It would a massive understatement to say that the Tampa Bay Rays westward trip has been disappointing. First they were swept by the Rangers in three games, then, after piling on the runs in Monday’s series opener with the Astros, Tampa Bay dropped the next two games in walkoff fashion. The team closed out their stint in Houston with a big one-hit shutout of the Astros to split the series. That’s all in the past now, as the Rays prepare for the third (and final) leg of this western excursion in Oakland, where they’ll take on the Athletics in a three-game weekend series.

The New What Next: Rays vs. Athletics — A Series Preview

Despite a 2-3 record on their most recent road trip, the Tampa Bay Rays return home in a much better position than the slumping Oakland Athletics, who they’ll face over the next four days.