The Rays wont be starting the season with a run of 13 wins this year, as they fell to the Blue Jays 8-2 on Opening Day.
Let’s start with the good, then get to what happened.
Today was a good reminder that Yandy Diaz is my favorite consistent hitter in Rays history, specifically because he follows my personal rule for the ideal leadoff hitter: he should be terrifying.
Indeed, Diaz reminded the baseball world he was the AL batting champion with a hammer over the low wall in Left Field off a change up inside from Berrios that just didn’t bite.