Player of the Series: Jonathan Aranda
For the first time this season, Aranda is our Player of the Series
Jonathan Aranda has been the Rays best player this season.
However, throughout the first 29 series of the season, there has always been at least one player to overshadow his contributions during that particular 3 or 4 game series. Well, that wasn’t the case during the Rays three games in Detroit.
On Monday, Aranda provided the Rays with their lone run when he singled home Taylor Walls to put the Rays within one, however Danny Jansen was thrown out at third on the play to end the inning.
Aranda attempted to ignite the Rays offense on Tuesday when he launched a solo homerun, his 11th of the season, in the first inning. He would later double and was robbed of extra bases later in the game that Tampa Bay eventually lost.
Finally, on Wednesday, Aranda collected three hits and a walk over four trips to the plate, including another double.
Overall during the three games, Aranda hit .500/.538/.917 over 13 plate appearances.
After crushing Triple-A pitching for several seasons, Aranda is finally healthy and is thriving with a full-time opportunity at the big league level. After showing glimpses of a breakout last September, Aranda is hitting .327/.403/.498 with 11 HR, registering a 155 wRC+ and has accrued 2.3 fWAR over 345 PA in 2025.
DRAYSBAY PLAYER OF THE SERIES
- 1st: Kameron Misner
- 2nd: Jake Mangum
- 3rd: Brandon Lowe
- 4th: Jose Caballero
- 5th: Joe Boyle
- 6th: Shane Baz
- 7th: Chandler Simpson
- 8th: Christopher Morel
- 9th: Chandler Simpson
- 10th: Mason Englert
- 11th: Taylor Walls
- 12th: Yandy Diaz
- 13th: Travis Jankowski
- 14th: Brandon Lowe
- 15th: Drew Rasmussen
- 16th: Curtis Mead
- 17th: Junior Caminero
- 18th: Zack Littell
- 19th: Zack Littell
- 20th: Junor Caminero
- 21st: Christopher Morel
- 22nd: Yandy Diaz
- 23rd: Junior Caminero
- 24th: Brandon Lowe
- 25th: Yandy Diaz
- 26th: Shane Baz
- 27th: Brandon Lowe
- 28th: Yandy Diaz
- 29th: Joe Boyle
- 30th: Jonathan Aranda