The ’39 Yankees? That’s how good the Rays’ 8-0 start is

ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays are off to the most popular begin baseball has seen in twenty years, if not ever.

After three quiet innings towards Oakland starter Shintaro Fujinami, Tampa Bay’s bats broke unfastened as soon as once more to assist one other scoreless outing from Jeffrey Springs and ship the unbeaten Rays to an 11-0 victory on Saturday afternoon at Tropicana Field.

But the Rays aren’t simply banking wins at this level. They are operating roughshod over opponents, having taken each sport by not less than 4 runs, the second-longest streak of its form in AL/NL historical past.

In reality, the final crew with not less than eight straight wins, all by 4 runs, at any level in a season was the 1939 Yankees, who reeled off 10 such victories in a row.

The Rays have outscored their opponents, 64-18. Their plus-46 run differential by the primary eight video games of the season ranks as the most important ever in MLB’s fashionable period (since 1901), shattering the earlier report of plus-40 set by the White Sox in 1955 and matched by Cleveland in 1999.