The rainout gave the Rays an even split of the two-game set with the Orioles, and more importantly gave them a day of rest as they head home for three games against the Arizona Diamondbacks beginning tomorrow. In the first game, Blake Snell looks to redeem himself after two-in-a-row three-inning outings (0-2, 12.79 ERA). It would be a lot easier to believe in this team if last year's Cy Young Award winner returned to his dominant performances of 2018. Without him, it's hard to imagine the Rays can amount to much in 2019. He says he's made some unspecified adjustments for today's game. We shall see.
Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times interviewed Rays' General Manager Erik Neander in Baltimore and asked pointedly about the performances of Willy Adames (.221 BA) and Daniel Robertson (.172). Neander replied that only 20% of the season has been played and that he expected them both to come around as long as they continued "putting their work in." That's more or less supportive, but elsewhere in the interview he did say that "we've always got to be open to anything and anywhere that we think has a chance to upgrade out team." That's the thinking that got the Tommy Pham deal done last summer, so why not look for a big league shortstop?
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