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bro really just said the mlb's average winning percentage over a 3 year stretch wasn't .500 when that's literally impossible in a sport without ties

Trash video and I didn’t even watch

Please keep doing this until we keep winning

Man the rays are going to get 90+ wins and be right in that 6th spot

I think you meant to out the Rays # in the description and not the Astros

How is the league average winning percentage over .500 💀

While I do agree that being cheap has its downfalls, I can't exactly blame the Front Office for their lack of success to start 2024. Trading Glasnow seems like just good asset management given his horrible injury history. You could argue they could have kept Snell given how many years he had left on his deal, but he's very inconsistent. I don't think it was on anyone's cards for Randy Arozarena, Yandy Diaz, and Harold Ramirez who were all very productive the last couple of seasons to fall off a complete cliff in offense production. And to top it off, how many teams just straight up lose the 'face of their franchise' in the middle of the season and probably won't play another game for them ever again'? Like imagine if the Mariners just lost Julio Rodriguez or the Orioles lost Gunnar Henderson from their roster for the rest of time. Like obviously that would hurt their teams significantly, right? I'd say the fact they are even .500 right now is a testament to their perseverance and that once they return to form/get players returning to injuries, they'll be a 'scary' team once again. Maybe not this season, but they'll be back next year for sure.

I think this video does a pretty good job of understanding how the Rays build a team, but I don't understand how this strategy has "ruined them". Not being able to compete with larger markets puts the team at a consistent disadvantage, especially in the postseason. That is something we can argue fairly easily. But as was mentioned in this video, this team was consistently considered one of the best in the AL the last 5-6 seasons, and won a pennant. This year, the Rays aren't doing anything different than they have... If anything, they have MORE money on the books than usual. But in this down year - which, by the way, every team has them - there are a lot of factors the team didn't anticipate. Nobody saw Wander getting in trouble with the law. Had it not happened, it's likely he is consistently a 6+ WAR player each year of his deal and is a perennial All-Star candidate. Because that did happen, the Rays had to fill the SS position by trading a player who should have been on the team this year, Luke Raley. They already had a shortage of lefty power bats, and they move on to fill the gap - not a money ball situation. They didn't account for a slow start from the 2021 ROTY and the 2023 batting champion, but that happened. Perhaps the most significant thing they couldn't account for were the injuries, that were mentioned. The Rays likely would have moved on from Glasnow anyway (which in theory wasn't a bad idea given how injury prone he was), but they wouldn't have needed to lean on Pepiot or one of their top prospects in Taj Bradley had they not had an entire rotation on the IL... And finally, this team usually has one of the best bullpens in baseball. This year, they have been off and on injured, inconsistent, and at times downright unlucky. The starters have been unusually prone to giving up home runs as well. Those are the reasons for one down year, but they do not explain how the "money call strategy has failed".

Rays go to the playoffs 5 years in a row...'dID mOnEYbAlL rUiN tHeM?'. Rays are 4 games behind the WC and have hovered around .500 for most of the season. Moneyball doesn't protect you from injuries or 'pedophiles'. They'll be getting Baz and Springs back. They have Caminero, Aranda, Mead and Basabe coming up to help them. Rays operations have ran well despite the circumstance.

Wait for the first time in 5+ years they’re playing .500 baseball 80 games into a season and now they’re ruined? 😂 Tell me you don’t know ball without telling me

“I eat crayons” - purely baseball, probably

I would not be so quick to write them off. They have shown a great resiliency over the years. They have a deep farm system with prospects like Junior Caminero, Chandler Simpson, and Carson Williams on the horizon. They also have their injured starting pitchers coming back, McLanahan, Rasmussen, Springs, and Bass. The Rays organization has done a good job with scouting, drafting, and player development. Hopefully, the ballpark situation will be resolved and attendance will greatly increase.

With a fraction of the money, their strategy got them all they way to the World Series vs the Dodgers So of course blame the strategy if they don't win it all. Really?

it wasn’t just a 3-0 count that yermin hit that bomb on, they were also like already up 6 or something and the bases were juiced. still tho i disagreed w larusa when a guy is that hot you can’t put a leash on him he very well could have ruined yermins career he could of been the right handed luis arraez

Purple Rockies!

It certianlly doesn't help with the division they are in. Ecspially with the Orioles. We have about a bajillion young players and superprospects that are ready to be dealt for star pitching. We got a new owner, a multibillionare who we know likes spending money, but he also knows how to do it wisley. Gunnar and Adley are having MVP callibar seasons, Burnes havinf a Cy Young calliber season, and maybe the best depth, at least offensivially in the league. The Yankees will always be good, and the jays should still have bright years ahead of them. The rays window is closed.

Moneyball is based on a book written by a guy named James, not the A's or a movie. Man you don't know shiite.

I don't think Chaim failed the Red Sox. He lacked certain creativity at the deadline but a look at the farm system, and it's miles better. Bendix has only been in charge for 8 months and while I don't get selling off in April, they had TJ wipe their whole rotation out. The Marlins becoming the Rays, might be a good thing as they haven't developed anyone in the last 8 years. The Rays should be back to their old ways next year. They were due for a clunker season and it's when their CY Young caliber pitcher is down.

I was going to come here to rip this guy for declaring the Rays dead after half a season, but I see plenty of you already beat me to it. Well done.

Trust well make a wildcard spot somehow just watch

So much wrong with this video. A's moneyball was more than "gets on base and cheap" it was simply finding out what was undervalued and exploiting that. Everybody knows getting on base is super important now, and that costs money, so moneyball can't be about that. The winning formula for the Rays has been their ability to make pitchers better. The other thing the Rays have done better than almost anybody is developing prospects, aided by frequently trading guys at the peak of their value for more prospects. The Rays have fallen off, not because they have forgotten how to do this, but because they have so many injuries.

Blue Jays next

Been saying this

RAYS DOWNFALL 😩🙏🏻

This Video is an L every franchise has their Bad Seasons and closed windows. It was clear going into this year we’re soft rebooting for 2025 to 2026

Small market teams have no choice😭 if they can’t implement a money ball strategy how are they expected to go after top FA’s and be competitive when teams like the Dodgers and Yankees can simply outbid everyone, this is exactly why the MLB needs to implement a salary cap and if small market teams continue to try and use money ball than that’s on them

Lazy, clickbait title. "Moneyball" (if you can even call it that, hint: you can't) has nothing to do with their entire core lineup in Yandy, Randy, Brandon and Josh Lowe all slumping in unison. They've had an entire elite rotation in McClanahan, Springs, Rasmussen and Baz go down with injuries which they've had to supplement with AAA callups and waiver acquisitions. And to top it off, their bullpen, who is usually top 5 in the league haven't performed to usual Rays standards as well. The Rays had the 4th best offense by OPS in 2023 and on paper their 2024 roster was mostly an improvement going into the season. Obviously you can't predict an entire team-wide offensive slump (see also: Braves, Rangers, Dbacks). Not to mention the O's and Yankees being top teams in the league. I wouldn't even attribute that much to Wander either, since losing him on Aug 12 last year, they went 28-13 (.683) to end the regular season. Obviously it's a huge loss of production, but one player doesn't make or break a team (see: Mike Trout). Based on their past couple weeks, it does seems like Yandy, Randy, both Lowe's, Paredes and especially Siri are all heating up. If their pitching can get back to form I wouldn't be surprised to see them competing for a wildcard spot. I think many in the org and around the league anticipated this season being somewhat of a bridge year for 2025, as the rotation comes back from the IL and guys like Caminero, Xavier Isaac, Chandler Simpson, and Carson Williams are all dominating in A ball and will inevitably get a callup. They've made the playoffs for 5 straight years, and have the third best win% in MLB since 2008, behind the Dodgers and Yankees. I have a hard time believing the Rays are just going to fall off a cliff or are "ruined" like you claim. Multiple different sites have their farm ranking in the top 10, so not sure where you cherry picked that 14th rated spot. Oh, and Bendix joining the Marlins in the offseason really has nothing to do with their struggles this year, a GM isn't just going to come in and make sweeping organizational changes that entirely affect a team one way or another. They got into the postseason by a perfect storm miracle and by all means, should never had made it. But sure, you farmed a comment and view off me so mission accomplished, I guess.

Looking at this now I think they may have took it personally

YOU ARE SO WRONG! You cannot predict what players will do in their personal lives. Enough said!

Cardinals fan here…see pirates fans. They are objectively the worst people

They spent money on Wander Franco.. we know how that turned out

They also don’t play in Tampa

Imagine posting this and thinking you knew shit about baseball

It would have been fun to watch the rest of the video. But I couldn't watch past the first 30 seconds after the clickbait title and the bad premise.

Two months out of one season hardly means the strategy is failing

Okay, I have a dumb question; how is it possible that the rest of the league have a .511 winning percentage? Wouldn't it be .500?? One game has one winner and one loses. I'll try not to lose sleep lol.

Wait. He just said rays have a .600 win% when the rest of the league has .511. If every team is playing each other the highest win% would be .500 but if you take out the rays wouldn’t it be lower? Also rays win% the last 3 years (not including 2024) is only .586