The Tampa Bay Rays kicked off their second half of the season with a bang as they put up double digits on Friday and proceeded to take two of three against the Baltimore Orioles.
Several players had impressive showings with Danny Jansen and Junior Caminero both going deep twice. However, Yandy Diaz received our Player of the Series honor as he was an on-base machine who also happened to launch a grand slam over the three game set.
Overall, Diaz hit .600/.714/1.000 with 1 HR over 14 trips to the plate.
After an early season slump, Diaz has regained his footing as one of the premier offensive performers in the game and enters play on Monday hitting .294/.352/.468 with 15 HR over 418 PA, registering a 127 wRC+ and 1.9 fWAR over 94 games.
DRAYSBAY PLAYER OF THE SERIES
1st: Kameron Misner
2nd: Jake Mangum
3rd: Brandon Lowe
4th: Jose Caballero
5th: Joe Boyle
6th: Shane Baz
7th: Chandler Simpson
8th: Christopher Morel
9th: Chandler Simpson
10th: Mason Englert
11th: Taylor Walls
12th: Yandy Diaz
13th: Travis Jankowski
14th: Brandon Lowe
15th: Drew Rasmussen
16th: Curtis Mead
17th: Junior Caminero
18th: Zack Littell
19th: Zack Littell
20th: Junor Caminero
21st: Christopher Morel
22nd: Yandy Diaz
23rd: Junior Caminero
24th: Brandon Lowe
25th: Yandy Diaz
26th: Shane Baz
27th: Brandon Lowe
28th: Yandy Diaz
29th: Joe Boyle
30th: Jonathan Aranda
31st: Taj Bradley
32nd: Yandy Diaz