Oh crap, are the 2020 Rays getting too hyped?

Every year it seems like there is one team that the collective baseball intelligentsia latches on to as The Team for that season. For 2020...

Have I mentioned how smart Buster Olney is?

Buster Olney Picks #Rays for World Series (via @carterfamilyins) https://t.co/mWL1EdVH2d— RaysColoredGlasses (@RaysColoGlasses) June 24, 2020

David Schoenfield: Counting up reasons the Rays -- yes, the Rays -- will win the World Series https://t.co/FqtRBkd5cy

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 7, 2020

The #Rays are champions of The Athletic MLB Alternate Universe!