Rays on pace to accomplish something that hasn’t been done since 1955

The Tampa Bay Rays usually are not solely the very best workforce in Main League Baseball this season, they’re additionally on observe to perform a feat that has not been completed in almost 70 years. 

Coming into play on Tuesday the Rays are main the majors in each residence runs (101) and stolen bases (73), and if they’ll preserve each of these leads they’d be the primary workforce because the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers to steer the entire majors in each classes in the identical season.

The 1995 Cleveland Indians had been capable of accomplish that feat for the American League in a shortened 144-game season, main the Majors with 207 residence runs. 

In addition they led the American League with 132 stolen bases however fell wanting the Main League lead, ending behind three Nationwide League groups. 

It might be an unbelievable accomplishment as a result of groups usually are not often constructed to do each issues properly. 

Energy hitting groups don’t have a tendency depend on the stolen base to fabricate runs, whereas groups which can be depending on utilizing pace and stolen bases don’t often hit for energy.

However the Rays are the uncommon workforce that’s not solely good at each, but additionally among the many greatest within the league in each. 

They don’t have slender leads in both class, both.

The Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers are the one different groups within the Majors with greater than 84 residence runs this season, whereas neither of them entered play on Tuesday with greater than 90 for the season. 

The Rays even have a 15-stolen base lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pittsburgh and Oakland are the one two different groups in baseball which have stolen even 48 bases this season. Tampa Bay is already as much as 73.

Serving to the Rays climb the leaderboard in each classes have been twin threats like Wander Franco (seven residence runs, 19 steals), Josh Lowe (11 residence runs, 12 steals) and Taylor Partitions (seven residence runs, 14 steals.)

Two of probably the most thrilling performs in baseball are residence runs and stolen bases. The Rays are the very best within the league at each of them.