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Zach Eflin falls apart in the sixth on Opening Day - Blue Jays 8, Rays 2

The Rays wont be starting the season with a run of 13 wins this year, as they fell to the Blue Jays 8-2 on Opening Day.

Let’s start with the good, then get to what happened.

Today was a good reminder that Yandy Diaz is my favorite consistent hitter in Rays history, specifically because he follows my personal rule for the ideal leadoff hitter: he should be terrifying.

Indeed, Diaz reminded the baseball world he was the AL batting champion with a hammer over the low wall in Left Field off a change up inside from Berrios that just didn’t bite.