With yesterday's romping of the Mariners, the Tampa Bay Rays road tally so far this season is 12-1....for those who don't understand what that means, it says that the Rays have won 12 of 13 games with which the did not play in their home stadium...yes, that also means that they have only lost 1 game away from their lush tropical setting in Tampa. I haven't done the number crunching, but you can only imagine what their Run Differential must be in those 13 games.
The fantasy impact of this milestone is significant! We now have a new manager in first place, on top by a game and tied for most points...that manager DOES NOT own the Rays. The manager that does couldn't trust them this week with a "rough" west coast schedule, and sat them in favor of a seemingly more stable squad in the Marlins who began the week at home against the Giants, a series that was swept away from them in 3 games.
Certainly, the Rays' road success will worsen as an MLB Team has never only lost 1 game on the road during the course of a 162-game season. My guess is that if it's not during the remainder of this week against the A's in Oakland, it will be next week in Los Angeles against the Angels or during a 5-game stretch from May 19 to May 23 when they play in New York against the Yankees for 2 games and then in Houston for 3 games against the Astros.
Keep 'em on the bench, there's no way that they keep this going ; )
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