Tampa Bay Rays News and Links: Rays look to put the weekend behind them

One thing they always say in sports is that you have to have a short term memory. Learn from your losses, but forget about them, move on, and win the next one.

After a tough series loss at home against the Yankees where the Rays saw their division lead shrink to just half a game, they hope to do just that.

Following a quick two game set in Miami beginning tonight, the team will travel to the Bronx to rematch their division rivals.

Here’s to moving on!

Rays links

• TWIRB podcast: Hear from Charlie morton, Rays broadcasters roundtable, and more:

• Juan Toribio of MLB dot com takes questions from fans, including when pitching prospect Brendan McKay might make his major league debut
• John Romano, Tampa Bay TImes ($): Yandy Diaz went from a singles hitter to a beast with just minor tweaks
• Eduardo Encina, Tampa Bay Times ($): Rays right-hander Charlie Morton balks at all of his walks
• Mark Topkin, Tampa Bay Times ($): The Rays are still in first place, but here’s five things to be concerned about
• ICYMI: Rays and Mets complete Wilmer Font deal
• Power Rankings from The Athetic, MLB dot com and ESPN are in

Other links

• Richard Justice gives an initial glimpse of the 2019 Cy Young race
• A’s get term sheet approval for ballpark
• Shohei Ohtani hit his first dinger of 2019:

• David Schoenfield, ESPN: Where do baseball’s elite starting pitchers come from?
• Josh Herzenberg of FanGraphs talks about the art, science and psychology of catcher framing
• David Laurila of FanGraphs talks with Jalen Beeks about his changeup
• MLB is ditching Trackman and moving to Hawk-Eye tracking system