MINNEAPOLIS — Stumbling against the lowly Twins on Thursday after being swept by the Royals and losing 11 of their past 13 overall, the Rays obviously have been lacking in a lot of areas.
But they insisted earlier in the day that a lack of leadership to correct their flaws was not among them.
“We’re just not playing well, that’s the bottom line. We’re not playing good baseball,” third baseman Evan Longoria said.
“It’s not for lack of leadership. It’s not because guys aren’t getting on guys or guys aren’t pointing out mistakes. Everybody knows what a mistake looks like.