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Art Deco · 06-10-2023, 07:23 PM

Final Regular Season Record: 96-66 (20-12 for the month+)
1st place AL East, #2 seed

It was regular season mission accomplished for the Rays, who not only took the AL East but surpassed the Central-winning Twins for the #2 seed in the league and avoided having to play in the wild card round. Winning four of six in a pair of series with Minnesota certainly helped in this regard. We did suffer one more significant injury during the month - Jose Devers, who hit 331/396/462 after taking over at SS when Masyn Winn went down, ruptured a tendon in a finger and is finished for the year. Devers would have been our playoff SS over Winn but won't be now.

I'll post the team stats and final full-season numbers in a post to follow this one, for now here's what everybody did for the month:

September hitting:

On the strength of his September (and the weakness of Manzardo's), Jace Jung took the DH job from Kyle Manzardo. Elly De La Cruz had a brutal month but what the above doesn't show you is October, which I'll show you here:

Elly had a pair of 4-hit games including a 2-run homer on the final day which put him over the 100-RBI mark including his early-season time with Cincinnati. Christian Bethancourt was injured for much of the month meaning veteran Yasmani Grandal got to play some in September but he came back before the month ended.

September pitching:

Had to export this report because Seranthony Dominguez's long name adds an ugly extra blank line in the in-game report. Ryan Pepiot had a huge month and is in the thick of the Cy Young race as a result while everyone else pitched pretty well with the exception of Shane Baz, who has struggled as a starter after being brilliant in long relief. He'll return to that role for the playoffs and hopefully he'll return to how he was pitching in it.

Next up will be the final year-end stats post.

06-10-2023, 07:23 PM	#30
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,948	September/October 2025 Final Regular Season Record: 96-66 (20-12 for the month+) 1st place AL East, #2 seed It was regular season mission accomplished for the Rays, who not only took the AL East but surpassed the Central-winning Twins for the #2 seed in the league and avoided having to play in the wild card round. Winning four of six in a pair of series with Minnesota certainly helped in this regard. We did suffer one more significant injury during the month - Jose Devers, who hit 331/396/462 after taking over at SS when Masyn Winn went down, ruptured a tendon in a finger and is finished for the year. Devers would have been our playoff SS over Winn but won't be now. I'll post the team stats and final full-season numbers in a post to follow this one, for now here's what everybody did for the month: September hitting: On the strength of his September (and the weakness of Manzardo's), Jace Jung took the DH job from Kyle Manzardo. Elly De La Cruz had a brutal month but what the above doesn't show you is October, which I'll show you here: Elly had a pair of 4-hit games including a 2-run homer on the final day which put him over the 100-RBI mark including his early-season time with Cincinnati. Christian Bethancourt was injured for much of the month meaning veteran Yasmani Grandal got to play some in September but he came back before the month ended. September pitching: Had to export this report because Seranthony Dominguez's long name adds an ugly extra blank line in the in-game report. Ryan Pepiot had a huge month and is in the thick of the Cy Young race as a result while everyone else pitched pretty well with the exception of Shane Baz, who has struggled as a starter after being brilliant in long relief. He'll return to that role for the playoffs and hopefully he'll return to how he was pitching in it. Next up will be the final year-end stats post.