- Marc Topkin sounded an optimistic note, about how playing the Yankees and the Red Sox shows what the Rays are trying to become as they build for the future and transition to a core of young talent.
- A note in Steve Kinsella’s game recap, Daniel Robertson should come off the disabled list on Friday.
- This isn’t specifically about the Rays, but it’s sort of obliquely about the Rays. Behind the pay wall, but Russell Carleton looked at the evolution of pitchers over the whole course of baseball history, and it’s pretty interesting.
View from the catwalk: The evolution of pitching
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