A few weeks ago, we looked at some of the broader, team-wide trends from the Rays 2018 season. We’re now going to start looking at some trends from the 2018 Rays on a player-by-player level.
Let’s begin with the man whom the Philadelphia Flyers named their mascot after... (Ok, they didn’t actually do that, but Sir Grits A Lot certainly could have earned the nickname Gritty in 2018). Also, with those jokes out of the way, here’s more on Joey Wendle and “girt” from earlier this year.
Before the 2018 season, Joey Wendle was not a name that many would have slotted among the key components to any likely success the Rays were to have in the season to come.