2021 Remarkable! Season Preview — Tampa Bay Rays

by | Feb 16, 2021 | Baseball, Fantasy

 

Welcome to our Remarkable season preview series for the 2021 season. The Giants saw other NL West teams sign plenty of depth. Can San Francisco stick with the defending champs?

 

2020 Record: 40-20 (1st in AL East, World Series Finalists) 

 

Rays Hitters

 

Austin Meadows

  • Austin Meadows is slugging .758 (113 total bases in 149 ABs) on inside pitches since 2019 — best in MLB

  • Austin Meadows has an OBP of just .298 (218 PA’s) against LHP since 2019 — 14th lowest among 127 in MLB
  • Austin Meadows has grounded into 3 double plays in 127 opportunities (2%) since 2019 — 4th best in MLB
  • Austin Meadows has an OPS of .919 (525 PA’s) against RHP since 2019 — 15th best among 127 in MLB

 

Brandon Lowe

  • Brandon Lowe has missed on 55% of swings (198/358) on low non-fastballs since 2019 — 8th highest in MLB 
  • Brandon Lowe has grounded into 3 double plays in 103 opportunities (3%) since 2019 — 14th best in MLB
  • Brandon Lowe is batting .439 (29-for-66) on the first pitch of at-bats since 2019 — 14th best in MLB

 

Randy Arozarena

  • 2020 Regular Season: .281/.382/.641 – 1.022 OPS
  • 2020 Postseason: .377/.442/.831 – 1.273 OPS

 

Ji-Man Choi

  • Ji-Man Choi has an OBP of .314 (353 PA’s) with two-strikes since 2019 — tied for 14th best in MLB
  • Ji-Man Choi has chased just 16% of pitches out of the zone (120/745) on outside pitches since 2019 — 6th lowest in MLB
  • Ji-Man Choi has 17 extra-base hits out of 36 total hits (47%) on low non-fastballs since 2019 — tied for 12th best in MLB

 

Manuel Margot

  • Manuel Margot has a Well-Hit Avg of just .096 (11/114) on inside fastballs since 2019 — 10th lowest in MLB
  • Manuel Margot has seen fastballs 58% of the time (1,355/2,326) since 2019 — 13th highest in MLB 
  • Manuel Margot is slugging just .312 (75 total bases in 240 ABs) on outside pitches since 2019 — 14th lowest in MLB 

 

Joey Wendle

  • Joey Wendle slugged .524 (44 total bases in 84 ABs) on low pitches in the 2020 season — 11th best in MLB
  • Joey Wendle slugged just .152 (5 total bases in 33 ABs) on elevated fastballs in the 2020 season — 4th lowest in MLB

 

Willy Adames

  • Willy Adames is slugging just .281 (48 total bases in 171 ABs) on sliders since 2019 — 5th lowest in MLB
  • Willy Adames is batting just .189 (57-for-301) on outside pitches since 2019 — 4th lowest in MLB
  • Willy Adames has missed on 30% of swings (450/1,482) since 2019 — 14th highest among 127 in MLB
  • Willy Adames is batting .445 (49-for-110) in hitter’s counts since 2019 — 6th best in MLB

 

Kevin Kiermaier

  • Kevin Kiermaier has an OPS of just .660 (488 PA’s) against RHP since 2019 — 6th lowest in MLB
  • Kevin Kiermaier is batting .333 (19-for-57) on breaking pitches against LHP since 2019 — tied for 9th best in MLB 

 

Mike Zunino

  • Mike Zunino has an OPS of just .556 (373 PA’s) since 2019 — 4th lowest in MLB 
  • Mike Zunino has missed on 39% of swings (304/789) since 2019 — tied for 6th highest in MLB 

 

Bench

 

Francisco Mejia

 

Yandy Diaz

  • Yandy Diaz drew 23 walks in 138 PA’s (17%) in the 2020 season — 13th best in MLB 
  • Yandy Diaz had an OBP of .428 (138 PA’s) in the 2020 season — 5th best in MLB
  • Yandy Diaz had a swing rate of just 36% (204/573) in the 2020 season — 6th lowest in MLB 
  • Yandy Diaz had a K:BB ratio of 0.7 (17/23) in the 2020 season — tied for 2nd best in MLB

 

Mike Brosseau

  • Mike Brosseau slugged .739 (17 total bases in 23 ABs) on fastballs against LHP in the 2020 season — tied for 15th best in MLB
  • Mike Brosseau had a groundball batting average of .500 (13 GB hits out of 26 GBs) in the 2020 season — best in MLB 

 

Yoshi Tsutsugo

  • Yoshi Tsutsugo batted just .077 (2-for-26) on pitches 95 mph or greater in the 2020 season — tied for 2nd lowest in MLB 
  • Yoshi Tsutsugo averaged 4.58 pitches per plate appearance (847/185) in the 2020 season — highest in MLB
  • Yoshi Tsutsugo batted just .197 (31-for-157) in the 2020 season — 9th lowest in MLB

 

 

Projected Starting Rotation

 

Tyler Glasnow

  • Tyler Glasnow had a strikeout rate of 38% (91/238) in the 2020 season — 3rd best in MLB
  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .130 (56/430) against Tyler Glasnow since 2019 — 3rd best in MLB

  • Tyler Glasnow has an average fastball velocity of 96.9 MPH since 2019 — tied for 5th highest in MLB 
  • Tyler Glasnow has allowed an OPS of just .591 (468 PA’s) since 2019 — 3rd best in MLB 
  • Tyler Glasnow has an ERA of 2.90 (118.0 IP) since 2019 — 11th best in MLB
  • Tyler Glasnow has allowed an OPS of just .351 (272 PA’s) with two-strikes since 2019 — 3rd best in MLB

 

Ryan Yarbrough

  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .088 (26/294) against Ryan Yarbrough on non-fastballs since 2019 — 4th best in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting .323 (40-for-124) against Ryan Yarbrough with runners in scoring position since 2019 — 8th highest in MLB
  • Ryan Yarbrough has an average fastball velocity of just 87.9 MPH since 2019 — 3rd lowest in MLB
  • Ryan Yarbrough has thrown his cutter 37% of the time (1,061/2,891) since 2019 — 2nd highest in MLB
  • Right-handed hitters have a chase rate of 37% (410/1,114) against Ryan Yarbrough since 2019 — tied for 2nd highest in MLB 

 

Michael Wacha

  • Michael Wacha has allowed a slugging percentage of .525 (336 Total Bases / 640 ABs) since 2019 — 5th highest in MLB 
  • Michael Wacha has allowed an OPS of .885 (718 PA’s) since 2019 — 3rd highest in MLB
  • Opponents have a miss rate of just 13% (89/692) against Michael Wacha on fastballs since 2019 — 14th lowest in MLB

 

Josh Fleming

  • Opponents had a chase percentage of 34% (92/268) against Josh Fleming in the 2020 season — 8th highest in MLB
  • Opponents had a groundball rate of 66% (64/97) against Josh Fleming in the 2020 season — highest in MLB 
  • Opponents batted just .098 (5-for-51) against Josh Fleming with two-strikes in the 2020 season — 7th best in MLB
  • Josh Fleming threw at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 52% (43/83) of opposing batters in the 2020 season — 5th lowest in MLB

 

Chris Archer

  • Opponents are hitting just.207 against Chris Archer when going through the lineup the third time in a game since the start of the 2019 season — 11th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 109 total IP; League Avg: .262
  • Opponents have a miss rate of 30% against Chris Archer when going through the lineup the third time in a game since the start of 2018 — tied for 13th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 190 total IP; League Avg: 24%
  • Opponents have a miss rate of 34% against Chris Archer on the first pitch of at-bats since the start of the 2019 season — 14th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 109 total IP; League Avg: 26%

 

Rich Hill

  • Rich Hill elevated 49% of his pitches (215/440) in non-two strike counts last season — highest in MLB
  • Rich Hill located 42% of his pitches inside (185/440) in non-two strike counts last season — 4th highest in MLB
  • Rich Hill had an average fastball velocity of just 87.7 MPH last season — 5th lowest in MLB
  • Rich Hill threw his curveball 49% of the time (305/619) last season — highest in MLB

 

 

Projected Bullpen

 

Pete Fairbanks

  • Pete Fairbanks threw his slider 56% of the time (89/159) with two-strikes in the 2020 season — 10th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Right-handed hitters had a miss rate of 43% (51/119) against Pete Fairbanks in the 2020 season — 4th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Pete Fairbanks elevated his fastball 59% of the time (167/281) in the 2020 season — 8th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Pete Fairbanks threw his fastball for a strike just 61% (171/281) of the time in the 2020 season — 15th lowest among among 105 qualified RPs in MLB

 

Nick Anderson

  • Nick Anderson has allowed an OPS of just .483 (94 PA’s) with runners in scoring position since 2019 — best among qualified RPs in MLB

  • Opponents have a miss rate of 66% (117/178) against Nick Anderson on low breaking pitches since 2019 — 5th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .068 (8/117) against breaking balls from Nick Anderson since 2019 — tied for 9th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Nick Anderson has thrown his fastball for a strike 74% (603/814) of the time since 2019 — highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Diego Castillo

  • Diego Castillo has allowed a slugging percentage of just .241 (20 Total Bases / 83 ABs) with runners in scoring position since 2019 — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting just .123 (22-for-179) against Diego Castillo when ahead in the count since 2019 — 4th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting just .149 (26-for-175) against Diego Castillo’s non-fastballs since 2019 — 15th best among among 149 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Diego Castillo has thrown 66 fastballs at 100+ MPH since 2019 — 9th most among pitchers in MLB

 

Ryan Thompson

  • Opponents had a groundball rate of 74% (38/51) against Ryan Thompson’s fastball in the 2020 season — tied for 2nd highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Ryan Thompson had a first-pitch strike rate of 67% (76/114) in the 2020 season — 8th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just .117 (7/60) against Ryan Thompson’s fastball in the 2020 season — 8th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Ryan Thompson allowed an OPS of .903 (40 PA’s) versus the bottom of the order in the 2020 season — 12th highest among among 106 qualified RPs in MLB

 

Trevor Richards

  • Trevor Richards has thrown fastballs up 71% of the time (258/364) with two-strikes since 2019 — 3rd highest in MLB
  • Trevor Richards has allowed an OBP of .389 (262 PA’s) versus the heart of the order since 2019 — 8th highest in MLB
  • Trevor Richards has thrown his changeup 37% of the time (1,060/2,866) since 2019 — highest in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting .383 (119-for-311) against Trevor Richards in non-two strike counts since 2019 — 12th highest in MLB

 

Ryan Sheriff

 

John Curtiss

  • John Curtiss allowed an OPS of just .436 (40 PA’s) vs left-handed batters in the 2020 season — 14th best among among 109 qualified RPs in MLB
  • John Curtiss’ K:BB ratio was 8.3 (25/3) in the 2020 season — 6th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • John Curtiss threw at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 74% (52/70) of opposing batters in the 2020 season — 14th highest among among 232 qualified RPs in MLB

 

Yonny Chirinos

  • Left-handed batters are hitting just .195 (49-for-251) against Yonny Chirinos since 2019 — 6th best in MLB 
  • Yonny Chirinos has allowed a slugging percentage of .523 (58 Total Bases / 111 ABs) on sliders since 2019 — 8th highest in MLB
  • Yonny Chirinos has allowed a slugging percentage of just .343 (86 Total Bases / 251 ABs) vs left-handed batters since 2019 — 12th best in MLB

 

Brendan McKay

 

Jalen Beeks

  • Opponents have a line drive rate of 34% (51/149) against Jalen Beeks on fastballs since 2019 — highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Jalen Beeks has thrown his changeup 33% of the time (717/2,144) since 2019 — 10th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Left-handed batters are hitting .304 (41-for-135) against Jalen Beeks since 2019 — 3rd highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Colin Poche

 

 

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