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After early struggles in 2022, Brett Phillips broke out in this series against Detroit. He played all 3 games, in which he recorded:

10 PA
5 H
2 HR
3 RBI
4 R
1 SB
1.655 OPS
412 wRC+

Player of the series.

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Jeffrey Springs in first start for the Rays:

2.39 xFIP
54.5 GB%
39 CSW% !!!
4 K
0 BB

Victimized by the pitch calling and defense.

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Manuel Margot had a huge weekend for the Rays in his 13 plate appearences posted a:

.818 ISO
.747 wOBA
423 wRC+
.538 OBP
1.237 SLG
3 home runs

Definitely someone that the organization believes in, as he got his extension this spring, and he’s continuing to prove them right.

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Mike Zunino, after struggling in April, finally put a good series together. Hopefully a sign of things to come. His series:

-356 wRC+
-Game tying, pinch hit HR in T9 of G2
-4 RBI
-Great defense as usual

A great sign, as he is the player of the series in a good series overall.

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Taylor Walls and Kevin Kiermaier since 4/17:

-51 PA
-.325/.471/.550
-211 wRC+
-2 SB
-Gold glove caliber defense

The Rays’ defense-first players are hot at the plate

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Shane McClanahan became the first Rays pitcher to throw 7 innings this season. His line:

7.0 IP
6 H
2 ER
7 Ks
50% GB rate
38 CSW%
2.57 ERA
1.09 FIP
2.01 xFIP

Season stats go down to:

2.45 ERA
2.27 FIP
1.74 xFIP

Gross. Your player of the series.

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Heriberto Hernandez, acquired in the Nate Lowe trade, has started the season in High-A.

Through his first 51 PAs the 22 year old has a:

.392 OBP (36th)
.698 SLG (7th)
.419 ISO (2nd)
179 wRC+ (11th)

Some of the best power in the minors, TB’s 8th ranked prospect, 114th OVR.

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Lots of Brandon Lowe slander that arose from one bad week. Recency Bias.

In his career:
•5.2 WAR/162
•134 wRC+ (9th highest of ANY 2B ALL TIME)
•.513 SLG (2nd ALL TIME for 2B)

If you remove April from his stats in 2021, he finishes with a 142 wRC+ and a .883 OPS.

R-E-L-A-X.

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Taylor Walls is the Rays Muse player of the series.

10 At-Bats
3 Walks
3 Singles
1 Triple
352 wRC+
1 Stolen base

Couldn’t agree more with the fact that he was great this week.

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Jalen Beeks was dominant out of the bullpen today.

• 1.2 Innings
• 2 strikeouts
• 0.66 FIP
• 1.52 xFIP
• 47 CSW%

Still hasn’t allowed a run all year, coming off of a massive injury. Great story to follow.

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After almost losing his job to Freddie Freeman this off-season, Ji Man Choi has been great for the Rays early.

•372 wRC+ (MLB rank:1)
•0.6 fWAR (2/3 of 2021 total)
•.704 wOBA (MLB rank:1)
•1.706 OPS (MLB rank:1)
•1.33 BB/K

Let’s all hope for a healthy 162 from Ji Man.

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Francisco Mejia put up great numbers during opening weekend, driving in impactful runs in both games one and two. His statline:

•2/4, with a sac fly (go ahead run)
•4 RBI
•1 HR
•2 Runs Scored
•.627 wOBA
•339 wRC+
•0.2 fWAR

He is the first RaysMuse player of the series.

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Corey Kluber starts his 2022 campaign off with 4.2 innings scoreless. While the command wasn’t great, the stuff was very encouraging.

-3.36 FIP
-12 whiffs
-30 CSW%
-Lots of weak contact

All without control of his best pitch, the curve.

Expect a good season from the veteran.

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Josh Fleming started his resurgence season today with a dominant outing:

-3.1 IP
-0 R
-3 H
-5 K
-0 BB
-5 GB
-0.14 FIP
-0.14 xFIP
- *-0.15 SIERA*
-39 Whiff%
-39 CSW%

He’s back for vengeance this year.

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Shane McClanhan is the youngest pitcher in rays history to make an opening day start since Scott Kazmir.

Today in his first opening day start, he delivered an excellent outing.

4.1 IP
4 H
2 BB
7 K's
1.52 FIP
2.03 xFIP
Also registered 13 whiffs.

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Ryan Yarbrough sat 88-90 today on his fastball, something he hasn’t done since 2018.

He threw 3.2 scoreless with 4 strikeouts, giving him a 9.82 K/9.

He only reached a better K rate in one outing last year, which was only 3.2 innings.

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Tyler Zombro returned to a game mound today for the first time since June 3rd, 2021 after suffering a horrific blow to the head from a comebacker hit 104 MPH.

His line today:
-0.2 innings
-0 hits
-0 runs
-0 walks

An inspirational moment.

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Andrew Kitteredge’s outing today:

-Called Strike
-Foul Ball
-Called Strike (K)
-Swinging Strike
-Called Strike
-Ball
-Called Strike (K)
-Called Strike
-Ball
-Foul Ball
-Ball
-Swinging Strike (K)

Dominant.