Earlier this month, the Rays lost arguably their best player for at least a month if not more and now, thanks to an unfortunate dive, the Rays will be without the best defender in the game for almost two months.
Truly a crushing blow, and to make matters worse, the Rays let a winnable game slip away due to another poor performance from the bullpen ending their four game win streak and placing them back even at .500
Rays Links:
- In Topkin's Rays tales he has several members of the team look back at their first career hits with Longoria, Baldelli, as well as others telling their stories
- Kevin Kiermaier knew as soon as he hit the ground something was wrong, here's Topkin's complete story and the abbreviated tweet version below
#Rays Kiermaier got emotional in talking about the injury and more so not being able to play for "quite a while" and help the team
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) May 21, 2016
#Rays Kiermaier: "I heard it crack right away.