ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - APRIL 02: Official MLB baseballs sit in Colorado Rockies bag before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on April 02, 2019 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
The Tampa Bay Rays know their baseball. They put together another dominant draft with a great story at the end.
I recently wrote about how the Tampa Bay Rays operate as the Mr. Spock of Major League Baseball, shutting out the emotions of the Jim Kirk in us all and relying on logic.
Their reliance and trust in their analytics and information led them to draft a future ace when no other team had the courage to do so because he had never pitched beyond his sophomore year in high school.