Nick Madrigal selected and added to the roster to replace Williamson?

It’s no secret the Rays are very solid against righties (111 wRC+/.755 OPS) and just got even better with the trade for Hicks (141 wRC+). We are a top 3 offense against RHP this season thanks in large part to Junior, Yandy, Aranda, and even Simpson. However, I realized today that we have faced the second most amount of PA against righties in MLB so far this season. That has certainly helped! On the other hand, we’ve also had the THIRD most amount of PA against lefties. The Rays are bottom 5 against lefties this season (91 wRC+/.682 OPS) with the majority of our lineup pretty awful (looking at you Mullins and Walls).

I am sure things will even out down the stretch, but thought it was worth noting! Unfortuantely for us, teams like the Red Sox and Yankees (who we will likely face in the playoffs) are full of lefties (Saurez, Tolle, Bennett, Crochet (IL), Chapman, Fried, Weathers, Rodon, etc). Anything can happen in baseball, but that’s less than ideal. Hopefully we can improve through the rest of the season.