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
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