Tampa Bay hopes more familiarity with his new surroundings will help. PORT CHARLOTTE — One of the deeper mysteries for the Rays coming out of last season was what happened to Christopher Morel ...

The Windup | Not a whole lot went right for Tampa By in a 4-1 loss to Toronto. The Rays have four spring games remaining.

Outlook: Morel came to the Rays mid-season in a trade for Isaac Paredes and really struggled, slashing .191/.258/.289 with three home runs and 56 strikeouts in 49 games. While he cut back on his chase ...

198. Morel has a quiet July (.203/5/3/6 over 69 at-bats) with Chicago, followed by a disaster finish to the season with the Rays (.191 over 173 at-bats with 13 runs, three home runs, nine RBIs ...

But in 49 games and 190 plate appearances for the Rays, Morel hit only three homers. That’s a 1.6% ratio and an average of 10 per 162. Worse, in a way, was his teasing debut.