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Pitching For His Favorite Team Growing Up and Married To His College Sweetheart, The Tampa Bay Rays’ Ryan Yarbrough Is Living the Dream
Whether it’s as a starter, a reliever, or hybrid, the easy-going but very hard-to-hit Yarbs is going to be a pitching weapon for the dangerous 2020 Rays.
Editor’s Note: We are grateful for the opportunity to have sat down and chatted with Tampa Bay Rays do-it-all pitcher, Ryan Yarbrough. The native Floridian who grew up rooting for the Rays as a kid took a circuitous path back to Florida and has been a tremendous asset for the Rays on the mound, an important presence in the Tampa community, and a very happy partner for his newlywed wife, Nicole (and vice versa!). Ryan burst on the MLB scene two years ago, often serving as the durable multi-inning reliever that followed their opener, and he won 16 games, finishing in the top five for AL ROY. Whether his role this year is a more traditional starter or a flexible starter/reliever hybrid, ‘Yarbs’ career thus far indicates that he is primed for success in either role. He has uncommon command of his five-pitch repertoire and is among the hardest pitchers in baseball for batters to square up. The tall easy-going left-hander is a…
