The Rays have reached a difficult decision today in designating for assignment Yoshi Tsutsugo.
Once one of the best players in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league as a ten-year veteran of the BayStars, Tsutsugo never got the chance to properly transition to Major League Baseball due to the various disruptions of the ongoing global pandemic.
In the highest leverage moments of the 2020 season, Rays manager Kevin Cash opted to use Joey Wendle at third base in the playoffs, including the World Series, and Wendle has yet to relinquish his hold on the position, leading Rays position players both in overall production (1.