The Rays are currently the little team that could. With one of the lowest payrolls in MLB, and a weird little pitch strategy we now call the opener, they have gone from being a running attendance joke, to being a surprise juggernaut that might just with the AL East this season.
They picked up World Series hero Charlie Morton over the offseason, adding him to a pitching rotation that also includes Cy Young winner Blake Snell, among other up-and-comers like the (currently injured) Tyler Glasnow. Needless to say, they’ve found something that works.
This week they’ll be hoping to bounce back from a weekend series loss to the Minnesota Twins, and their first stop is Detroit, where they’ll face a rotation of Ryan Carpenter, Spencer Turnbull, and Daniel Norris.