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Rays News
The bad news? The Rays lost yesterday. The good news? So did the Yankees and Red Sox. The Rays remain 7.5 games ahead of the second place Yankees, who have the Red Sox just behind them. I feel like it’s tempts fate if you start talking magic numbers too soon but we’re getting to the point where a bit of magic number talk will be appropriate.
Zach Kram of the Ringer has such a good overview of the Rays — the uncharacteristically strong offense, the nearly unprecedented use of rookie starters — that I will try to look past his referring to the team as “Tampa”.