The Rays are 42 games into the season, which is just over 25%, and the roster as it is constructed today is not what might have been anticipated at the start of 2022.
After an extremely hot start to the year, RF Manuel Margot injured his hamstring on May 14 and has not been seen since (although he is returning to the lineup tonight), and All-Star 2B Brandon Lowe has been pulled from the roster due to a pre-stress-fracture back injury that could have him sidelined for some time. If you’ve tuned in this week, in the last few days, two top of the order hitters Yandy Diaz and Wander Franco have been sidelined by injury as well.