Sometimes being a Rays fan feels like being part of a dysfunctional and much-maligned family. We are aware — hyperaware! — of our family problems. We resent having to share Thanksgiving with our sexist uncle or our aunt who embezzled the PTA bake sale funds. But when outsiders level idle insults at our miscreant relatives, we still take it personally.
That brings us to this year’s Rays preview in Baseball Prospectus, written by Forbes staff writer and Baseball Prospectus annual contributor Daniel Epstein, which shares BP’s 2025 projection of 82 wins for the Rays. That number seems realistic, if maybe a little pessimistic.