“Sunburst Awards” is a series-by-series evaluation of player performance, where four different awards are given out after each series: Offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series. This edition will be covering the 13th series of the season, where the Tampa Bay Rays took on the New York Yankees from May 10th through May 12th, a three game series at Tropicana Field.
The Rays finish up their nine game homestand with a three game series against the AL East rival Yankees.
Game 1: Yankees - 2 Rays - 0 (recap)
Game 2: Yankees -2 Rays - 7 (recap)
Game 3: Yankees - 10 Rays - 5 (recap)
Offensive Sunburst Award: Randy Arozarena
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Arozarena had a very well rounded series offensively, filling up the stat sheet in all categories.