Fansided · Jan 9, 2019
What to watch for as Spring Training approaches for the Rays
Spring Training is right around the corner and the Tampa Bay Rays enter spring ball as contenders, not the laughing stock of baseball.
Let’s go back to around this time a year ago. The Tampa Bay Rays were making moves that the fanbase and media did not agree with. Moves that made some people, like MLB Network star and Sports Media icon Chris Russo proclaim that the team was not even trying to win! They were “tanking” and purposely trying to lose to save money and secure a better draft position.
90-wins and one huge experiment later, fans are juiced for this upcoming season and the media has shifted the Tampa Bay Rays into a pile of contenders, rather than pretenders.