From Last Night:

• Choo gets 4 hits, 2 homers as the Reds beat the Fish
• Mariners crush the Yanks, Alberto Gonzalez pitches, Vernon Wells plays 2B
• Price leaves with an injury as Lester and the Sox roll over the Rays
• Greinke returns to the mound against the Nats

What I’m Watching Today:

• Adam Wainwright welcomes the Mets to St. Louis (130p Eastern)
• Cobb tries to last longer, but strikeout just as many against the Sox (7p Eastern)
• Verlander and Darvish (8p Eastern)
• Strasburg takes to Petco (10p Eastern)

The Big Question:

• With the injury to Price, will my prediction that Moore will out-pitch him come true?

The Rays are being the Rays. After a rough start they are back in the thick of the division race and they are doing it with…offense? They have the 3rd best offense by wRC+ (109) and the 23rd best pitching by WAR. Cobb (3.76 FIP), Price (4.00 FIP), and Moore (4.41 FIP)  are a formidable top 3, but they aren’t really pitching like aces even if they have the stuff. They’re playing good defense and hitting well. No matter what people say about the Rays, always expect them to play better than the expectations. Just always.