BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - AUGUST 08: Brett Phillips #35 of the Tampa Bay Rays celebrates after hitting a grand slam in the eighth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on August 08, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
Perhaps the most “popular” apparatus this season in the Tampa Bay Rays’ clubhouse is the injury-go-round, where players, usually pitchers, sometimes stay a long while once they have jumped on the injured list. In fact, the Rays set a team record this past Friday when they had 16 players on the IL.
The most glaring example has been Tyler Glasnow, who was seeming to have a Cy Young Award-type of season when he was injured in mid-June.