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The Rays have the toughest April schedule in baseball

Related Topics: The Rays, Winning percentage

Matt Kelly wrote a piece for MLB.com about a week ago that looked at each team’s opponents for the month of April. With two charts, Kelly showed the combined 2016 winning percentage of opponents in April:

Chart via Matt Kelly, MLB.com

And the 2017 projected winning percentage of opponents in April, using FanGraphs Depth Charts:

Chart via Matt Kelly, MLB.com

The Rays sit at the top of both tables. Obviously this is not the type of chart a fan wants to see her/his team headlining. But it’s a bit of a good news/bad news situation.