With the Rays 2018 season officially in the books for the past couple of weeks, fans can now turn to the part of the offseason where they pore over the FanGraphs splits pages looking for cool or unique stats to pass the time until next April. (We’ve got a ways to go, folks.)
Today, let’s take a look at some interesting second-half splits. Although less telling than overall season stats, there can still be some interesting information to cull from a few of these performances. Due to the fact that first-half stats exist in a vacuum before being tainted by the second half, it is the second half splits that can tend to be a bit under the radar when looking at full season stats.