Rays pitching did their job during the four game Opening Series against the high powered Toronto Blue Jays offense. Last year their lineup put up a .269/.340/.457 117 wRC+ line while only striking out 18.5% of the time, leading to 5.5 runs per game.
By contrast, this year's iteration of the Blue Jays were held in check by the Rays pitching staff who allowed a .213/.275/.353, .276 wOBA, 79 wRC+ line.
The Rays struck out 30.9% of Blue Jays who would enter the batter's box, a 67% increase over their rate last year.
Rays starters in particular would throw 22.