Tampa Bay Rays news and links: Year end picture roundup

The staff photographer for the Tampa Bay Times, Will Vragovic, shared a collection of his favorite Rays photos he took in 2016. Even in massively disappointing season, I still enjoy taking a look back.

My three personal favorite images from the Rays season:

Matt Moore saying his goodbyes

Photo by Will Vragovic/Tampa Bay Times

Chris Archer, even in Spring Training brings the joy and excitement for the game.

Photo by Will Vragovic/Tampa Bay Times

From the We Are Orlando night at the Trop

Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images

What was your favorite image from the Rays 2016 season?

Links:

• As we rapidly approach the new year, it’s all about looking back on the season that was. Bill Chastain lists his 5 big storylines from the 2016 Rays season.
• Zach Crizer at Beyond the Box Score argues the remaining importance of the “eye test” when analyzing baseball.
• This Jeff Sullivan sorta-retrospective sorta-rant on pitch framing is from a week ago, but in case you missed it it’s worth a read. I still think the significance of pitch framing will remain, even though every team is in on the hunt. It just now becomes that much harder, and will require some really in depth research to find what separates good pitch framing catchers from the great ones.
• With the College Football Bowl season in full swing, here’s a neat look at how college football fields fit into baseball stadiums.