The Tampa Bay Rays lost a handful of impact bats from the right-hand side this off-season. We watched as Avisail Garcia and Travis d’Arnaud sailed away into the Grey Havens of free agency.
We looked to Jesus Aguilar for a season of bounciness. A season of bouncing back to his 2018, 35 HR, 108 RBI, All-Star form. We hoped for that, but when we looked to him, the Rays were cutting him loose. GM, Erik Neander was looking at him as a risk he was not willing to take.
Even non-impact bats from the right-hand side are being thrust into exile from Saint Petersburg as Matt Duffy was DFA’d and Guillermo Heredia was non-tendered.