The Rays believe in Hunter Renfroe’s 2019 breakouts

Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports With more than half of the offseason remaining, there are at least two things we know about the Rays 2020 roster:

Tommy Pham won’t be on it.

Hunter Renfroe (tentatively) will

And while the motives of the swap have been documented both here and elsewhere, It’s time to address the elephant in the room.

What can we realistically expect from the newest Rays outfielder?

For one, we know he hits baseballs really far. Here is one of 33 homers on the year for Renfroe, a total that matches Austin Meadows’s team high:

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.But looking at his raw numbers compared to Meadows’s—or even Pham’s for that matter—could easily give a fan pause:

Steamer…