Now that the off-season is incoming, we'll have opportunities to look back at the full year's sample size, dissect who did well and why (or the opposite), and run whatever numbers and observations jump off the page. We've already run an article on just how paltry that catchers performed, and will continue the series in short order -- but first, some appreciation.
Brand new de facto GM Matt Silverman inherited a mess of a roster when Andrew Friedman departed, one that had been competitive in 2013 but lost it's way the following season. 77 wins was all the Rays could muster, and this year might end the same.