If you search FanGraphs and looking for players who performed the best while on the Tampa Bay Rays, the usual names appeared at the top of the list.
There is the embattled Wander Franco, who prior to being placed on the restricted list by the Rays in August, he been generating an average of 0.035 fWAR per game he appeared in. That mark is just above Evan Longoria’s average of 0.034, making those two players decisively the best in franchise history.
Then, in a three tie for the third, there were two usual suspects, plus a third that would more stunning if he wasn’t the featured subject of this article: Tommy Pham, Ben Zobrist, and
TONY GRAFFANINO.