If you watched any of the four-game opening set with the Red Sox on the local television feed, you’ll know that one point Dwayne Staats and Brian Anderson kept harping on was the way the Red Sox pitchers were attacking the new-look Rays lineup.
Dwayne and BA kept pointing out when the Sox pitchers came in on the hands to the Rays hitters, especially with fastballs.
Of course, in the series, the Rays were held to just nine runs in four games, their second-lowest (behind 2011) offensive output in the first four games of a season, per DRB Rays historian, Adam Sanford.