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Art Deco · 10-16-2020, 10:59 PM

We're just over 1/4 of the way into the season, so here's at look at where things stand with the Rays and MLB:

The Rays of course have a commanding lead and should win the division for the 5th straight year. And as you can see the 1-2 punch of Judson Fabian and Spencer Torkelson has wreaked havoc on AL pitching as they're 1-2 in WAR. And once again this team shows it has deep depth as the loss of a key player has barely been noticed. Just as they won the World Series without Wander Franco last season, they've survived the loss of Keibert Ruiz for most of the season so far. Speaking of Ruiz, he's only 5 days away from going on a rehab assignment so he should be back in 10-12 days.

Here's where they stand in the team statistical rankings:

As one might expect from a 33-9 team, they're first in quite a few categories. They've also been good and lucky, playing 3 games over the Pythagorean record and 13-5 in 1-run games as opposed to their historical record around .500 in these affairs. One improvement this year is the defense, which was pretty bad last season despite the success but is now in the upper half of the AL. Obviously Wander being back and Brujan returning to his natural position of 2B is a big reason, as well as the improved outfield defense with Fabian (a 65) and Hunter Bishop (also a 65, when healthy) patrolling the OF. Keston Hiura and his 45 D at 3B remains the weak link, but he's actually played decently this season so far. Here are the team offensive and pitching leaders:

Fill-ins like Bailey and Perez have been outstanding, to go with the impressive regulars. Not pictured here are Alec Bohm (-0.1 WAR and therefore now at Durham) and Triston Casas, who seems like he's never going to hit.

Pitcher WAR doesn't like HR allowed so Little is getting dinged here. Two relievers have been really bad lately, Liam Hendriks and Evan Godwin. While Hendriks sits at a still-good-for-a-reliever 0.5 WAR 1/4 into the season, he was actually at 1.0 WAR a couple of weeks ago. And Godwin of course, who was so good last year and during April, now sits at the bottom of the pile.

10-16-2020, 10:59 PM	#314
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,371	2026 at the quarter pole We're just over 1/4 of the way into the season, so here's at look at where things stand with the Rays and MLB: The Rays of course have a commanding lead and should win the division for the 5th straight year. And as you can see the 1-2 punch of Judson Fabian and Spencer Torkelson has wreaked havoc on AL pitching as they're 1-2 in WAR. And once again this team shows it has deep depth as the loss of a key player has barely been noticed. Just as they won the World Series without Wander Franco last season, they've survived the loss of Keibert Ruiz for most of the season so far. Speaking of Ruiz, he's only 5 days away from going on a rehab assignment so he should be back in 10-12 days. Here's where they stand in the team statistical rankings: As one might expect from a 33-9 team, they're first in quite a few categories. They've also been good and lucky, playing 3 games over the Pythagorean record and 13-5 in 1-run games as opposed to their historical record around .500 in these affairs. One improvement this year is the defense, which was pretty bad last season despite the success but is now in the upper half of the AL. Obviously Wander being back and Brujan returning to his natural position of 2B is a big reason, as well as the improved outfield defense with Fabian (a 65) and Hunter Bishop (also a 65, when healthy) patrolling the OF. Keston Hiura and his 45 D at 3B remains the weak link, but he's actually played decently this season so far. Here are the team offensive and pitching leaders: Fill-ins like Bailey and Perez have been outstanding, to go with the impressive regulars. Not pictured here are Alec Bohm (-0.1 WAR and therefore now at Durham) and Triston Casas, who seems like he's never going to hit. Pitcher WAR doesn't like HR allowed so Little is getting dinged here. Two relievers have been really bad lately, Liam Hendriks and Evan Godwin. While Hendriks sits at a still-good-for-a-reliever 0.5 WAR 1/4 into the season, he was actually at 1.0 WAR a couple of weeks ago. And Godwin of course, who was so good last year and during April, now sits at the bottom of the pile. Last edited by Art Deco; 10-16-2020 at 11:15 PM.