David Pinto at Baseball Musings has an interesting comparison of the two offenses:
The Phillies and Rays played ten teams in common, Philadelphia meeting those opponents 62 times and the Rays playing half their games against those common foes. Without weighting the runs per game by number of games against the opponent, the Phillies come out ahead:
Common Opponents Phillies Rays Batting Average .245 .258
On Base Average .328 .339
Slugging Percentage .423 .419 Runs per Game 4.6 4.4
The Phillies deserve to be slight favorites in terms of offense. If the Rays can keep powering the ball as they did against Chicago and Boston, they'll be the Phillies equal. Philadelphia does have some pent up power in the likes of Howard and Utley. I expect this series to provide lots of double, triples and home runs, with enough base stealing to keep the pitchers and catchers on their toes.
The Phillies do have a better offense, however, the two are very similar. Both strikeout a fair amount, both have good power and both like to steal a bag. Over the season, the Phillies had better production, but with B.J. Upton getting healthy... He scares me.
