The past few weeks they split two 4-game series with the Oakland A’s and Kansas City Royals and lost a 3-game series against the Padres. No, we are not talking about the Colorado Rockies, but about the Tampa Bay Rays.
I start the article with that little comment to show that the Rays are not an unbeatable team, despite standing at 54-27 at the moment, with a comfortable 4.5 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles in what is a traditionally strong AL East.
No intention to downplay the strength of the Tampa Bay Rays, because it is one of the better teams in the entire MLB.