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Baseball Musings
August 28, 2008
Three Weeks of Aybar

Willy Aybar hit a home run as part of a three-hit effort as the Rays down the Jays 3-2. That puts them at 81 wins, guaranteeing their first .500 season in their eleven year history.

In the three weeks since Longoria went down, Aybar is batting .306 with a .569 slugging percentage. It's the luck of the Rays this season. Their best hitter goes down with an injury, and his replacement produces a great stretch of hitting. The Rays now lead the Red Sox by 4 1/2 games, five in the loss column.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:05 PM | Players | TrackBack (0)
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Luck of the Rays? Aybar had struggled for two months and was due to come out of his funk. I guess you could call it luck that he came out of it at the time of Longoria's injury - but I think it's more due to solid planning of roster management providing depth. Friedman created that luck through good work by robbing the Braves.

Posted by: Rays fan at August 29, 2008 06:31 AM

Aybar produced when he got the opportunity to play everyday - hardly luck. Since 7/29 DRays are 20-7. That's not luck.

Posted by: Bandit at August 29, 2008 07:21 AM
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