Welcome to the offseason, Tampa Bay Rays fans.

After seven months of exhilarating baseball, highlighted by 98 regular-season wins and the American League Pennant, the Rays' whirlwind season is over. By far one of the most thrilling Tampa Bay squads to watch in recent memory, this young and exciting core emerged from nowhere to thrill and excite in spectacular ways.

Now, we must settle back into new routines. Gone are the daily sounds of Dewayne Statts and Brian Anderson filling Tampa Bay living rooms with colorful commentary that’s come to define the beloved broadcast crew. The comfort of Rays baseball will be gone for a while, but what is left is a season that will keep fans believing.

The spring introduced us to a hopeful Rays squad full of burgeoning stars, second-chance veterans, and everything in between. The past couple of years had cast Tampa Bay aside in the minds of fans, analysts, and anyone who considered themselves to know anything about baseball.…