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Originally Posted by CofR
Haha, it was a fun game for me to watch... But in all seriousness, I was really expecting, and kind of hoping for a close race for the division down to the end to September, but the Rays really haven't played well at all, now only 1 game ahead of the Yankees for the WC. What is up with them?
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Luckily I have had the pleasure/displeasure to actually watch almost all of the games thanks to Baby daddy snuggle time from 5-8 every night. Their problem is not executing on the little things all mental and a bad couple weeks for starting pitching.
They are getting the lead off runners on but stranding them at 1st and second. We use to play an aggressive go for any opportunity possible style of baseball and now we aren't trying to score from third on sac fly attempts that have difficult throws.
We are getting thrown out not paying attention on the base paths.
We are giving opposing teams easy runs with mental errors. Not catching playable balls in the outfield missing throws to the plate. Desmond Jennings has gone from a sure thing everyday player to someone who looks like they should be in AA
Our bull pen outside of 3 guys are really struggling keeping late inning runs off the board that used to be our bread and butter.
It just seems like instead of the speed threat of advancing runners we are going the blue jays route of trying to drive in runs with doubles and home runs.
Will Myers has come back to earth and no one has stepped up to replace his clutch hitting.
Luckily there is still a lot of baseball to be played so hopefully they can put a streak together and get hot at the right time to still win a wildcard slot. I can't even wrap my head around the fact they are still in a wild card position.