Four different awards—offensive player of the series, defensive player of the series, pitcher of the series, and highlight play of the series—are given out following each series in the Sunburst Awards, an evaluation of player performance that is done series by series. This episode will focus on the 15th series of the season, a three-game series at Rogers Centre from May 17–19, which saw the Tampa Bay Rays play the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Rays take on the Toronto Blue Jays in a three-game series up north to continue their run against AL East opponents. Blue Jays 3-2 Rays (4) in Game 1 (recap) Game 2 Recap: Blue Jays 4 Rays 5 Game 3 recap: Blue Jays 5, Rays 2.
Yandy Diaz, Offensive Sunburst Award winner
With two outstanding efforts in the first two games of this series—five hits, three walks, a run, and an RBI—Diaz wins his second Offensive award of the month.
In the first two games of the series, the Rays’ offensive output was sparked by Diaz’s reliability at the plate. Even if he didn’t play well in game three, the team as a whole appeared to suffer from it.
Leave a Reply