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Let’s start this out with a welcome, delicious screenshot, courtesy of Steve Kinsella:
#rays Boxberger with @DurhamBulls pic.twitter.com/8RrMoilxWl
— Steve Kinsella (@Steve_Kinsella1) June 15, 2017
And while we’re at it, if you haven’t yet watched the video of Wilson Ramos’s first home run in the Rays organization, and if you’re in a down mood, do yourself a favor.
Here’s Kevin Cash on Jake Odorizzi’s start, saying that it was the most off he’s seen Odorizzi from a strike-throwing perspective, maybe ever. Oof.
.@RaysBaseball manager Kevin Cash breaks down Jake Odorizzi's start and the team's efforts late in the game in the loss to the Blue Jays. pic.twitter.com/uWat2HvIRb
— FOX Sports Florida (@FOXSportsFL) June 15, 2017
Links
- Mike Lortz continued his excellent FanGraphs series on the Rays attendance.
- Russell Carleton says to cool our jets on talking about The Fly Ball Revolution. Or at the very least, that it’s complicated.
- Jim Turvey noticed that teams with homer friendly stadiums are winning more right now. I remember an article (that I can’t now find) on The Hardball Times from many years ago noting the exact opposite. Does this have to do with the change in the action of fly balls?
- This is cool. Which former teams do today’s teams most resemble? For the Rays it’s the 1997 Oakland Athletics.