The Rays are currently in 15th (out of 15) place in the AL. The Yankees are only a hair better at 13th place. A pivotal series between the two teams most expected to be the top teams in all of the AL will fight it out to stay out of the incredibly early-season gutter.
The thing about baseball is, it’s easy to predict and you can always expect what happens.
By the numbers, the Rays have gotten off to a brutal start:
- The Rays have led for just 33 1⁄2 innings out of 117 innings
- 0-3 in Extra inning games
- 4-8 by Pythagorean expectancy (based on run differential).