In a year full of surprises, the Rays MVP should not surprise anyone.
Blake Snell, Mallex Smith, and Joey Wendle rose above all other Rays players in 2018 and put the team on their back. They proved to be the most valuable players and just so happened that one is an infielder, an outfielder, and a pitcher. If the Rays had kept Wilson Ramos I have a feeling that we would have had a catcher finalist too. Let’s break down the three finalists…
Blake Snell, LHP
Rarely do we see a pitcher have as dominant of a year on the mound as Blake Snell did in 2018, and dominant he was.