We are a little over a month away from the opening of spring training. As it stands now, here’s how I see the 25-man roster shaping up. Catcher (2) – Dioner Navarro, Kelly Shoppach IF (7) – Carlos Pena, Ben Zobrist, Jason Bartlett, Evan Longoria, Willy Aybar, Reid Brignac, Sean Rodriguez OF (4) – Carl [...]
Archive for January, 2010
A Roster Update – What’s Left to Fix?
Posted: 10th January 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Offseason PreviewTags: 25-man roster, Gabe Kapler, Rafael Soriano
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Whatever Happened To — Aubrey Huff
Posted: 10th January 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Active Ex-RaysTags: Aubrey Huff
Has anyone noticed that Aubrey Huff has yet to find a home for 2010? No, I’m not even remotely suggesting that the Rays pursue bringing him back to Tampa Bay. The Baltimore Sun ran an update a couple of days ago noting what seems to be a lack of interest in the ex-Rays slugger. Perhaps the [...]
Just Blogging Around: Baseball Prospectus’ Top Rays Prospects
Posted: 9th January 2010 by Devon Rogers in Just Blogging Around, UncategorizedTags: Davis, Hellickson, Jennings
Baseball Prospectus has recently came out with their top 11 Rays prospects. Here is the list:
Just Blogging Around – A Rays Preview from a Yankees Blog
Posted: 3rd January 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Offseason PreviewTags: Dioner Navarro, Rafael Soriano, Wade Davis
Yankeeist.com posted a preview article today entitled “Know Your Enemy – The Tampa Bay Rays. It’s the typical preview piece, but fails to take into consideration any of the moves the Rays made in the off-season. I guess that shouldn’t be surprising coming from a Yankees blog, considering the Rays rarely do anything as dramatic as the Yankees [...]
The Sunday Papers – The One with David Price and Matt Joyce
Posted: 3rd January 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in The Sunday PapersTags: David Price, Matt Joyce
David Price has another award to add to his mantle. A poll in The Tennessean has named him “Middle Tennessee’s male prep athlete of the decade”. He beat out the likes of Notre Dame WR Golden Tate and Golden State Warriors forward Brandan Wright. Quotable, from Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin: “His greatest attribute as an [...]