On August 23rd, The Athletic published their weekly powering rankings of all 30 teams in baseball. At the time of publication, the Tampa Bay Rays held the best record in the American League and third best in all of baseball. The Rays were 4.5 games up over the New York Yankees in the division as well.
Thus, the pundits at The Athletic placed the Rays 3rd on their list in the Power Rankings.
However, in their description of the team, the writers revealed their lack of knowledge of baseball’s team with the second best record since the start of the 2019 season.