(Music Pun #10. Lowbrow but still good.)
So yeah. Tampa Bay Rays. Not a terribly great baseball team...but they've won four in a row??
I mean...sure. It's April. Let's go with it.
The weird part is that the people doing well for the Rays are the most unlikely parts of the team. Odd rookies like Yonny Chirinos, Joey Wendle and Daniel Robertson, plus weird veteran bit players like Adeiny Hechavarria and Denard Span. The guys you think would be succeeding, like Kevin Kiermaier and Chris Archer....aren't quite.
Now, granted, they're still behind in the standings, and trailing some great teams like the Red Sox, the Yankees....and yes, that's it, those are the great teams, no other Blue Jays up there with them, no sirree. And even if they do have some similar 4-game winning streaks...it can't stay. There's some nice little talent on this team, but the key word there is 'little'. They don't have anybody like Evan Longoria who can carry the team anymore. That would have been Kiermaier, but he's injured. Who's gonna be that guy now? Mallex Smith??
Who knows, maybe there's something nice waiting in this team, but even if they get lucky like they did this week...I don't see much coming from Tampa this year. I just don't.
Coming Tomorrow- Another player from a dire Florida team, this one a speedy little shortstop...just trying his best.
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