Yet again the Tampa Bay Rays faced one of the best teams in baseball and yet again came away with a series victory. This time it was the Detroit Tigers that fell to the Rays, as Tampa Bay took two of the three game set.
The Rays offense surged during the first two games of the series as they put up a total of 22 runs over the 16 frames they came up to bat. They were led by the player who holds the franchise record for most plate appearances from the number one spot in the order, Yandy Diaz, our Player of the Series.
Over the three game series, Yandy Diaz hit .500/.533/1.000 with 2 HR over 15 trips to the plate.
The 33-year old slugger is now hitting .282/.331/.463 on the season with 12 HR, registering a 125 wRC+ and has accrued 1.3 fWAR over 72 games played.
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