The Tampa Bay Rays engaged the New York Yankees in several high contested games but unfortunately dropped three of the four and had their playoff hopes dwindle even further.
The Rays pitching and offense had their bright spots but no one performed better over the four games than Jonathan Aranda, our Draysbay Player of the Series.
Over the four games, Aranda hit .400/.412/.667 with 1 HR over 17 trips to the plate. Unfortunately, Aranda left Thursday game early after a collision at first base resulted in an injury to Aranda’s arm. The Rays have not officially placed Aranda on the Injured List as of yet, but Kevin Cash has already said that “he’ll miss some time.”
Aranda is in the midst of a breakout campaign as he is challenging for the American League batting title and after play on Thursday is hitting .316/.394/.478 with 12 HR, registering a 143 wRC+ over 409 plate appearances.
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
33rd: Junior Caminero
34th: Ryan Pepiot
35th: Jonathan Aranda