• Rays Your Voice: Bat speed data, Brandon Lowe setback

    Rays Your Voice: Bat speed data, Brandon Lowe setback
    Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images How does Paredes hit all those homers?On this week’s episode of Rays Your Voice we take a look at Baseball Savant’s new bat speed leaderboards and try to make sense of the data for Rays players. For example, how does Isaac Paredes hit all of those home runs despite having the slowest swing on the team?We ‘Rays’ our voices about the importance of this data being public now, and how it might shape the way we evaluate players and thi
  • Rays Reacts Survey: City Connect Edition!

    Rays Reacts Survey: City Connect Edition!
    Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Well, what did you think? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Tampa Bay Rays fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
    Please take our survey
  • Rays 4, Red Sox 5: Curse you, extra innings.

    Rays 4, Red Sox 5: Curse you, extra innings.
    Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports The Rays lost it thanks to a rough 11th (and 12th), after getting the lead back in extras. Boo. Howdy Rays fans. Let’s bypass the preamble and jump right into how this game went.
    Aaron Civale was on the mound for the Rays, Nick Pivetta was up for the Red Sox.The Rays wasted no time getting on the board as Josh Lowe hammered his first home run of the season with two outs in the top of the first inning. In the bottom half, the Sox went 1-2-3.The second was three-u
  • GDT: Avoiding the 5th inning blues

    GDT: Avoiding the 5th inning blues
    Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Go Rays!
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