Fansided · Apr 4, 2017
Tampa Bay Rays: A Correlation Between Spring and Regular Season Records
Its hard to say if there is a correlation between their spring training record and the regular season record, but the numbers don’t lie for the Tampa Bay Rays.
With the MLB season officially underway lets take a look at how the Tampa Bay Rays did in spring training. Spring training is an exciting time. It means the baseball season is that much closer, but does team performance actually matter?
In 2008, the Tampa Bay Rays had the best season in their 20 year franchise history. They reached the World Series and had a record of 97-65 (winning percentage 59.9%). During spring training of that season they had a record of 18-8-2 which is a winning percentage of 64.3%.