Hunter Bigge has the Harvard smarts and the stuff to fit in with Rays

Kyle Snyder is intensely familiar with the most advanced and technical aspects of pitching analysis and instruction, extremely comfortable with and conversant in the detailed parlance, nomenclature and verbiage.

During his eight seasons as Rays pitching coach, he often has been praised for his ability to disseminate the complex information to pitchers of assorted ages, educational levels and nationalities in simple and understandable ways.

And then reliever Hunter Bigge — a product of Harvard University — showed up in a late-July trade and they started to discuss details and data.

“He dumbs it down to me,” Snyder said.