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 ...

Much of the prospect buzz out of Tampa Bay Rays camp this spring has been about ... Yandy Diaz, Christopher Morel, Brandon Lowe, Curtis Mead, Jonathan Aranda and Richie Palacios are all infielders ...

That rates out as a homer in 4.7% of his trips to the plate and an average of 30 over a full 162-game season. But in 49 games and 190 plate appearances for the Rays, Morel hit only three homers ...