The Tampa Bay Rays Are in Trouble

The 2023 Tampa Bay Rays got off to one of the best starts to a season in MLB history. However, recently they've started to struggle, with recent series losses to both the Mets and the Orioles. So, what does the future look like for the 2023 Rays?

[@Godric_71]

I'm glad that he pointed out what I've been saying for years. The Rays are coached to greatness whereas teams like the Yankees are a bought team.

[@kingcrazycyborg]

Nobody makes videos about it bc everybody knows this man, it's the small market vs big market team in the mlb because there is no salary cap, the big teams pay the big stars and the small market teams have to grow their own players, it's not some big revalation everybody knows that's how it works

[@Godric_71]

@King Crazy Cyborg Yes. I know that. What I'm pointing out is that money doesn't buy wins and championships. Good players and good coaching do.

[@kingcrazycyborg]

@@Godric_71 go be fair tho that's not really the case since the rays haven't won a ring yet, it's the teams that do both that win rings

[@Godric_71]

@King Crazy Cyborg No ring yet. However, they have won divisional championships.

[@CarWashesOfTheCarolinas]

Bro used the same intro as baseball doesn’t exist, lol

[@franchise79]

This aged well. What’s it now? 47-19, 7 in a row. Nice!

[@noidea989]

Yeah and now you guys are 13-17 since then.

[@franchise79]

@@noidea989 and still in first place. Maybe you’ll be back in another month.

[@csgolf24]

@@franchise79 Yea you’re right, still in 1st place. By 1 game. The Orioles are on fire. Young, talented and hungry. There’s so much young talent they can’t even promote guys that are ready. Good problem to have I guess. Some questions still have to be answered. Rodriguez comes back up tonight. If he performs well going forward, if Means comes back strong and the right moves are made at the deadline the Rays could find themselves more than a few games back in a month

[@franchise79]

@@csgolf24 you’re right a lot of young talent who’ve never been there before. We’ve fought off bigger and badder teams than the Orioles for the last 15 years. So let’s see where everything at in a month and get back to me then.

[@user-ri4wr6cq4q]

Have you seen our record? We’re about to take a 3-1 series against the Jays.

[@MFFLTALK]

L

[@alexkonoff2273]

Hope the rays do good in the playoffs. I have always liked this team

[@terrytitus5291]

Might not be there

[@Walgreens27richmond]

@@terrytitus5291 yes they will

[@kiefdemon1979]

You gotta give the Rays bullpen more credit, tons of their bullpen arms are starting games and going 3+ while most relievers only do 1 inning.

[@dougmcquaid3927]

Back to the openers baby

[@mattjarvis6250]

Love the first 2 videos and will definitely subscribe. As a die hard Rays fan I have to say I do see your point but Glasnow should be back very soon and on top of that the Rays are known for getting production out of pitchers others team couldn’t. I’m have a good feeling the Rays will pick someone up or make a trade to help the bullpen and be right back on track again because that’s what they always do

[@averagebaseball]

Thank you! I think they’ll be ok in the long run, honestly a lot of winning teams are struggling with the same stuff right now so we’ll see

[@acruzro95]

We don't even need to trade for anyone. We can send chirinos fleming or Rasmussen to the bullpen as long relievers now that Glasnow is healthy. Obviously it depends on how well Rasmussen comes back in August. In the meantime Armstrong and Kittredge should be back within the next 4-6 weeks.

[@jackdenzer8091]

@@acruzro95 Kittredge is the key for me. If we can hang around and be a solid team until he's back, I think we have a great stable as we did previously. Adam (despite some recent shakiness), Fairbanks and Kittredge is a lockdown 7-8-9 inning combo. If we can get somebody else plugged in at a high-level, that would be icing. I think the Rays also do a good job backloading starting pitchers whereas other teams let them eat innings all season. The flip side is our bullpen is tired. If we can find a great balance and have people be rested, but well-versed, that's a dangerous combo going into September / October when it matters.

[@fritzypooo]

​@@averagebaseball it's also important to note that the Rays have been using Josh Fleming and Jalen Beeks as an opener/innings eater combo due to our lack of starters, but when we get Ras back, with Bradley taking a starting spot, Glasnow coming back and Mclanahan dealing, we may be able to get back to using Beeks in relief

[@buckwildsrq]

2 weeks later and they're still winning

[@KalybYohe]

Great video man, I just subscribed. Can’t wait to see what new content you put out.

[@T24park]

Imagine listening to a guy who says “The MLB”

[@averagebaseball]

This didn’t make it in the video but the Rays just had their worst loss in franchise history last night, 20-1 vs the Blue Jays…

[@Iridescence93]

it's a long season. I don't get the point of this video to be honest.

[@tkbikesnc6079]

It was only 10 before Raley/Bethencourt came in as position pitchers.

[@Vivacior]

That game was nuts....using an outfielder and catcher as relievers? Brutal...

[@averagebaseball]

@@Iridescence93 Of course, and I’m not trying to predict the future. But if I only made videos after the season was over, no one would care anymore

[@youllneverknow_123]

​@@Iridescence93 content

[@Noseyy]

Glasnow back saturday, and Kittredge might be back soon. but I'm sure the Rays will make bullpen moves before the trade deadline. We been 20-13 against teams above .500 so we aren't in any trouble even with injuries we're still winning games.

[@LionsMagicRaysWolverines]

37-15, yeah we lose a couple series and all of a sudden it’s all over.

[@tromboneman4517]

Yeah, that’s dumb. Now 43-19, which last I checked is the best record in baseball.

[@travisn346]

We're .500 over the last 60 games. At this point winning 90 games is in question. #realisticraysfan

[@rainmangoulet931]

Average baseball is a description for this opinion it's probably actually less than average

[@etamommy]

Rays have been incredibly great! The series losses were blips as they now continue to dominate. The team does almost everything right to win and really are within reach to win almost every game, often coming from behind if needed to do so. Best team so far by far and if they can continue to be close to this good will be standing all the way to the big dance this season. Yankee fan here so I am not thrilled to be saying all this.

[@jayherting74]

And one month later my Orioles are one game behind you guys. Your little seven game slide helped us quite a bit. But it's going to be a fun rest of the season there's no doubt about that. Who would have thought that the raise and the Orioles would be two of the top teams in baseball. Well I mean the raise wasn't that far off of a fantasy but the Orioles were I knew they were going to be good this year but I didn't know they were going to be this good. Good luck the rest of the way it should be great I would love to see the rays in the Orioles in the playoffs in a series together that would be great. We also have a four-game series coming up this week so we'll see how that goes

[@RickSanchez167]

Lmao Rays just took 2/3 from the top team in the NL (Dodgers), 3/4 from Toronto, and 2/ from the 1st place Brewers 😂

[@alexjessop5330]

I'm not a rays fan, In fact I don't like them. But they are still playing well despite setbacks. This is definitely putting the cart before the horse. It is a hard division. My team beat them 20-1 last night. I doubt that means they will be bad all of a sudden. Baseball is a long season.

[@simpson5370]

OMG Thank you there was no point he just told me how good the rays are and we're gonna get Tyler glasnow back like in a week

[@davidaugustine3686]

Lost 20-1 in one game, but we still won the series 3-1 Y I K E S

[@simpson5370]

@@davidaugustine3686 i know right it's baseball It's all about the series lol

[@alexjessop5330]

@@davidaugustine3686 It was a dumb video because, One horrible loss. Means nothing in a long season. Who cares really if they don't pay well, or can't sign good free agents. The Angels have both Trout an Ohtani and they are worst same with them than the rays are. yankees, mets , and red sox too. Money doesn't mean wins. I'm not a rays fan. Just saying they are not an under dog anymore, but does it matter? No. I just don't wanna hear how unfair it is if they lose in October. Them and the Athletics, Guardians, Brewers, and Mariners too. Have proven Money is not as important in baseball. Over paying for players can be horrific.

[@lindviper8693]

Just watched your video and I agree. I hope Randy will stay with the Rays longterm he is a great player. Subscribed to your channel looking forward to other videos.

[@jamesreckling6697]

The Orioles look like a team to be reckoned with.

[@robinlware]

Hell yeah!!

[@KalybYohe]

Yes sir!

[@diegobascara3279]

Not to be reckoned with?

[@shirlzitting647]

Snakes love to eat orioles. They chomp down on fish too.

[@KalybYohe]

@@shirlzitting647 Snakes can’t eat what they can’t catch

[@ryanm.2466]

These first two videos have been fantastic !! Looking forward to following your channel this year as I root for my Rangers !!

[@collin82684]

We need an analysis on Brady Singer’s downfall

[@razorruss8]

If the Rays are in trouble, as a Cleveland baseball fan I will take that trouble. The Rays are in great shape. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that team. The Rays are solid in every way that you could look at a team. The title is hyperbole to get views. You got me to click. Despite that, it is a good video. I dont agree with the title at all though. I did subscribe, so you got me. lol

[@disorganizedreligion9891]

Rays fan here, obviously a clickbaity title but this is a really well made video. Very high production value here imo, you got a new subscriber

[@myworms]

Hot starts are exciting, but it’s a long season and they might need it make some moves by the trade deadline for a quality starter

[@kaviroy3038]

Watching ur vids u deserve way more than 657 subscribers

[@stopitdad69]

Are they still in trouble ?

[@mikedeloye8060]

Ok Glasnow is pitching Sunday. The 20-1 game was against all Durham pitchers and they came in and it was a learning experience. Yeah that's how they do it and they go back to Durham and work on it and come back much better. Its not a magic wand and it's only 1 loss. The bullpen has been riddled with injuries and they kept winning anyway. They will be coming back too. You forgot to mention that the Rays are the fastest team, in MLB they lead in stolen bases. They are bringing up Bruhan today from Durham and he's the fastest one of all. We have an outfielder in Durham that's even faster and might be the fastest in MLB. People say a walk is a triple in Tampa. Last night's game we had 7 stolen bases. We play like this and we get healthy I think were going to be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@faded_ace2472]

I like your videos can tell BDE was your inspiration and that’s awesome his content is also spectacular! My only suggestion would be to find a different intro song so it’s not too similar or seeming like you’re copying him completely

[@averagebaseball]

Yeah for sure! I’ve tried out a lot of different songs but I haven’t found one that fits as well yet. Working on it though!

[@dynamicsparx]

A little premature to post this video after the Rays win 7 out of 10 and win 3 series against the Brewers, Jays, and Dodgers. I'd wait until they go under .500 in a month to determine if they're in trouble.

[@sam-anthonygranell7397]

Just wrapped a series with Boston to improve to 43-19. Important series coming up against the rangers who are just tearing the cover off the ball and pitching very well! Should be a good litmus test! The pen is shaky, no question! Adam seems to have righted the ship at the back half of the pen and the addition of Armstrong should help steady things as well. This front office is, in my opinion, the best in baseball! I don’t doubt them and believe they will do everything they can to help bolster the pen.

[@EarthToBryce]

Yet, we take the Jays series 3-1 and the dodgers series 2-1, what’s your point 🤔

[@TreyArea5540]

Great video and info. Voice is kinda annoying, (no disrespect). But I’m sure I’ll adjust to it lol. Great video

[@Dono.Productions]

Mom can we get baseball doesn’t exist Mom: we have left overs at home : leftovers at home

[@leam89]

Big Randy Arozarena fan. Guy is too cool

[@darrenalexander2257]

Whilst the bullpen definitely needs a bit of help another series win yesterday. May was a tough month but we've still been decent. This series against the Rangers will be though, could be a preview of the ALCS.

[@elvendarkness1]

You might want to do your homework because the Baltimore Orioles are doing pretty good right now, in fact, they have the second if not third best best team in baseball at this moment and time. So, yeah do your homework. The Orioles are in the toughest division in baseball too, the same division of the Rays.

[@NotExplicable]

Mets and O's are good team's

[@sharkzillah401]

Idea for title of video 4: "I'm a Dumbass"

[@CH-qy7ug]

The headline is definitely a reach as the rays are and will continue to be one of the best teams in baseball. I still enjoy the content tho

[@mrnonogogo8588]

Am I the only one who feels like this is a re-skin of baseball doesn’t exist

[@panchocs0719]

Should do a video on dodgers and their rookies!

[@Baseball-Nation]

The Rays bullpen now reminds me of the 2021 Phillies when they blew 34 saves. They finished 82-80....

[@DieHarder4ever]

Just subscribed. You sound like Baseball Doesn’t Exist. Love it. I love baseball analytics and documentaries

[@aaroncook7036]

So the rays are in trouble simply because of a weak bullpen and a couple of injured pitchers? I smell clickbait. Be better

[@HT-sh1yj]

Saying “it’s over” is total click bait. This guy isn’t worth watching.

[@aaroncook7036]

@@HT-sh1yj it's trendy to talk shit about the number 1 team, let alone the one with one of the lowest payroll... let's subscribe to this troll and talk shit in the comments section

[@ROFLBOB24]

Doubt. They'll sail into October on calm waters.

[@Forme76153]

How can you say Franco was drafted when he was an international prospect and he signed with them

[@sharkzillah401]

Still waiting for the Rays to be in trouble........

[@kyledodson2992]

I think this video I will bookmark for reasons in the future come September

[@markjohnson3413]

Can't wait to come back to this vid after they win the world series

[@DustinPlatt]

As an Orioles fan since the Mid-90s when I was like 10 it makes me happy to hear my team named in other teams videos, not in a bad way. Orioles. Rebuilding since 1985ish finally paying off.

[@jblackcomedy]

Funny this video came out the day after the blue Jays SPANKED the Rays 20-1. Good video btw! Great production quality, & it didn't drag on for too long.

[@averagebaseball]

haha yeah, I was thinking about putting that in at the last second but decided not to. And thank you! I try to leave out any irrelevancies so that’s good to hear

[@windhamwood9030]

Still won the series 3-1

[@Xavier_Cano]

@@windhamwood9030 literally lmao and just beat the dodgers series

[@therobinsonsinc.2620]

Ain't no way we trouble we just beat the Dodgers in a series and didn't get swept we playoff bound

[@jwariner43]

Underrated

[@televisionsupervision]

Bullpen is a problem, but they are definitely not in trouble lol

[@mannyperez28]

The Rays are playing super hard right now and by the second half they are going to be tired and this is when the dodgers are going to take over

[@jaredbradley4095]

And now how are they…

[@Lametampafan]

And 2 weeks later still mostly cruising in 1st place

[@BearIslandComics]

Ummm I hope you got permission from Baseball Doesn’t Exist to use the intro music he’s known for! Otherwise, good job 😊

[@alland.713]

they'll be alright

[@mattyg3255]

This aged very well

[@botboy4167]

Nope

[@happysqWid]

Do you hear that? That quiet sound creeping up behind the Rays? Could it be the flapping of wings? Birds coming. Go O's.

[@scranemdranem336]

O’s are falling behind and look at the orioles may schedule compared to the rays may schedule, if the orioles were gonna catch up this wouldve been the month to do it

[@happysqWid]

@@scranemdranem336 ? Did you see who they played this past month? Won a series against the Yankees, won the series against the Rays, swept the Blue Jays.. and upcoming they've got the guardians, giants, brewers, blue Jays again.... did you even look at the schedule?? Or were you just talking out of your ass and assuming no one would check?

[@MXSHYYYY]

My name is Eric Sim, and I hit for power and average.

[@THCarballo]

the season just started, ding dong

[@JJallDay1]

So underrated

[@stuartgreer9566]

And now they're over .700

[@russellwiththehustle4119]

The rays aren’t “over” little boy, just wait and see.

[@michaeljohnston8752]

Ohhh nooo. We’re the hottest team in baseball…again. So doomed lmao. RAYSUP

[@gluestickgoes]

Impersonation policy, get your own thing.

[@paulpizzlewizzle]

Close but no cigar! Watch Cash magic!

[@bk_goatkim679]

Guy also uses baseball doesn’t exist themes 😂. Rays will be fine we’ll get the pieces we need. We’ll win the WS for Dave wills baby!

[@gluestickgoes]

FR

[@bk_goatkim679]

@@gluestickgoes yes sun so hype for the rest of this year

[@noidea989]

How’s it going so far? Y’all are on track to finish under 600.

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

Yeah. The Rays and their bullpen are in so much trouble that they took 2 out of 3 from the Dodgers and are still 4 games in 1st place. As for the 20-1 fiasco, you might notice that about 15 of those runs were scored AFTER the Rays put position players in to pitch rather than burn up their bullpen on a meaningless game (as in they had already taken the series.) Let's face it: the Tampa Bay Rays could win the WS three years running and the national sports world would still be mansplaining their way around it. Always thought Rodney Dangerfield would have loved them, since they don't get no respect either. We will all see by the end of the season.

[@kdelmonten]

This video is aging like milk.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Title: "The Tampa Bay Rays Are in Trouble" Video: "Why the Rays are Great" Alonso is the mets. You should look at the Rays at home record.

[@sugibear123]

pitching and defense

[@ohbaby4life]

They just won a series vs the Dodgers but its over alright 😂

[@Hubins15]

Love your vids orioles next?

[@averagebaseball]

thank you! and yes i’m actually working on a vid for the orioles right now haha

[@Hubins15]

@@averagebaseball awesome can’t wait to watch it lol

[@JawaPenguin16]

Lil strong with the baseball doesn't exist inspiration

[@Richard-du7yj]

You didn't mention strength of schedule. Rays played some really bad teams for a while.

[@averagebaseball]

true, but they’ve also beaten some pretty good teams. I try not to pay too much attention to schedule difficulty for any team because at the end of the day it’s still hard to consistently beat any major league team no matter how good you are

[@scranemdranem336]

Look at their may schedule, theyve played the second best record in baseball 3 times now and have not had a break all month, they probably have had one of the hardest schedules in the entire mlb

[@scranemdranem336]

May schedule, Pirates (second best team in baseball at the time) Yankees, Orioles (Second best team in baseball at the time) Yankees, Mets, Brewers, Blue Jays, Dodgers (Second best team in baseball until we beat them last night)

[@michaeltache3681]

Hell ya. Dodgers though were tied for 3rd best mob record to the orioles. Nonetheless, the rays are gonna be fine. They need a couple bullpen arms which come cheap at the trade line. Having a strong offense was a surprise and really elevates their shit if a WS title. I hope they can sustain this.

[@scranemdranem336]

@@michaeltache3681 with bullpen arms we do have shawn armstrong and andrew kittredge coming back from injury and it should be very soon I believe

[@sharkzillahtornado6059]

First team in baseball to 50 wins, 5 games up on the second best team in the AL, video still nonsense garbage

[@6to23sports]

2021 all over against 1 seed and goes one and done

[@scranemdranem336]

We were not this good in 2021😂

[@scranemdranem336]

Our batting has never in history been this good and in the playoffs when our rotation will be mclannahan, Glasnow, Rasmussen, and Eflin in the playoffs is our best pitching in history too

[@davidjohnson6611]

Tampa has been the best organization in baseball for years what a shame the town does not support it. They've always been good

[@perk_gaming4437]

If you from Tampa you would understand the stadium location is in the worst spot st Pete is just full elders no disrespect but not enough fans while the rest of fan base are here in Tampa just drive from Tampa to st Pete is hell long traffic over bridge accidents and people have work and school it’s hard when team is not close to people

[@HT-sh1yj]

The Rays have a huge TV audience. Anyway, if they build a stadium in Tampa fewer people would gripe about the location but they’ll scream that the ticket prices are too high and that they can’t afford to go to games. It will always be something but a new stadium costs a lot of money to build so ticket prices will likely double. I don’t know what’s going to happen.

[@perk_gaming4437]

@@HT-sh1yj true but people want to be at these games don’t want to drive 1 hour away from stadium

[@rileybragin8552]

Can you do the orioles

[@averagebaseball]

I’m planning on it!

[@rileybragin8552]

@@averagebaseball I’m an os fan I see no one talking about them even though the second best team in baseball

[@KingAlex314]

The Rays have the second most blown saves… Me: hmm I wonder who’s first …behind the Cardinals Me: son of a bitch smh

[@basedjenny7362]

Good video but using the Baseball Does Not exist music makes this feel like a total rip off

[@stephenmariani3055]

UNDERRATED CHANNEL

[@jasonaldridge625]

This guy is crazy predicting the bats have cooled off, lmao, they are putting up runs and they scored 9 last night against the Dodgers and they keep winning series I'm not buying his "predictions" GO RAYS

[@jimquann2400]

IN TROUBLE?? Just beat the Jays 3 of4 times. All you can do is take a baseball season one game at a time. IN Trouble STOP IT!!!

[@BornShalom]

why are you using the same music as baseball doesn’t exist 😭

[@dtown1621]

Yeah no kidding .. copy cat

[@sugibear123]

13-0 till they played the jays

[@matthew1696]

Smells like baseball doesn't exist

[@Georgiaslym]

Go Braves!!!

[@TyRogerz]

Copy and paste baseball doesn’t exist content 😆

[@GreenHornet0]

Baseball doesn’t exist uses AI so this guy probably does too

[@robinlware]

The Orioles will win the World Series

[@jeffreyamolsch6009]

Worst take ever.

[@avgGamer662]

Why is there a baseball team in Tampa😂

[@ericpandorf1884]

Come out from under your rock.

[@michaeltache3681]

Because the quality of life is great, and that attracts players. Fking troll

[@solidghus4799]

It is in St Petersburg. Surrounded by the majority of spring training in a state that dominates college baseball.

[@romanrodriguez4330]

Because the Yankees have their minor league team, the Tarpons. Now why is there baseball in St. Petersburg (where the Rays are located at)? They have played professional baseball dating back to 1919. Good question.

[@bigbuckz6014]

We’re on a 4 game win streak & in cruise control in the standings this is a irrelevant ass video 😂🤣

[@tomsawyer5953]

“The mlb” is triggering me

[@deanfroggedyourmom]

this video deserves so much more attention

[@sharkzillah401]

it does not

[@deanfroggedyourmom]

@@sharkzillah401 shut up goober who even are you

[@terrytitus5291]

They were never as good as their start,had easy schedule. Yankees are definetly better,more than likely the Orioles and BlueJays too!

[@scranemdranem336]

😂😂😂 they have the best record in may and look at their schedule, actually hell Ill send the schedule here

[@scranemdranem336]

May schedule, Pirates (second best team in baseball at the time) Yankees, Orioles (Second best team in baseball at the time) Yankees, Mets, Brewers, Blue Jays, Dodgers (Second best team in baseball until we beat them last night)

[@scranemdranem336]

Against all those teams we have the single best May record, you’re right we arent as good as our start, we are better. because in our start we lost to the blue jays and astros, now we are beating good teams, do you expect us to go 13-0 against the yankees orioles brewers and mets??? Why does no other team have that expectation then

[@noidea989]

@@scranemdranem336yeah now what lol, rays were overhyped from the start. You guys are lucky that the MLB even ranks you guys 2nd in power rankings bc y’all deserve like 5th. No team with a sub 450 record in the last month deserves 2nd in power rankings.

[@scranemdranem336]

@@noidea989 if you actually think a team with 60 wins 95 games into the season doesnt deserve 2nd in power rankings you my friend are what they call an “idiot” every team has cold streaks, thats just how it is. You still dont know ball

[@bobbobby5089]

Orioles are winning it all.