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TB-4 KC-1: Fleming, Luck Dragons, and Infield Pop-ups

The start of the 2021 season for the Tampa Bay Rays has felt like luck hasn’t been on their side. The offense hasn’t been able to finish off rallies. The bullpen has faced numerous key injuries. The rotation, outside of Tyler Glasnow or Yankees games, has seemingly been prone to one disastrous inning per game.

The thing with luck is, bad or good: it doesn’t last forever.

Luck Dragons take flight

The Rays offense tonight was able to put some pretty good balls in play. They won the xBA (expected batting average, based on the quality of contact, location, etc) battle, but still ended up having multiple .