We are not that many years removed from the moment the Tampa Bay Rays ruined baseball.
After several starting pitchers were felled by injury, the Rays were forced to rush Yonny Chirinos and Ryan Yarbrough to the majors, and in order to protect their young guns, tried one new trick people hated. The Opener.
For many not paying attention, they might think the analytically minded Rays might still on that concept, but those quick to judge the Rays never had eyes to understand the why’s the Rays did it in the first place.