[picappgallerysingle id="1891009"]The NY Baseball Digest ran a piece yesterday suggesting that likely destinations for Carl Crawford should the Rays decide to trade him. For this post, it took a conversation with an NL executive to decide that the Rays probably wouldn’t deal him to the Yankees. Or, the Red Sox for that matter. This really isn’t a [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Riggans to New York
Posted: 11th February 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Active Ex-RaysTags: shawn riggans*
[picappgallerysingle id="4119697"]Anyone holding out hope that Shawn Riggans might end up back with the Rays for Spring Training needs to forget about it. Today, Riggans signed with the New York Mets as a non-roster invitee. Riggans at least stands a chance at a big league roster spot. The Mets’ list of catchers include such [...]
Matt Joyce – Preparing for Right Field Battle
Posted: 9th February 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Offseason PreviewTags: Ben Zobrist, Matt Joyce
No doubt, the right field and second base situations for the Rays are unsettled. It all hinges on where they decide to station Ben Zobrist. Or, IF they decide to station Ben Zobrist. Matt Joyce figures to be in the right field mix. He’s coming of a solid season at Triple-A Durham where he hit [...]
Baseball’s Top Football Player
Posted: 7th February 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays NewsTags: Carl Crawford
[picappgallerysingle id="2182922"] Buster Olney got into the Super Bowl hype by posting his list of baseball players who would make good football players. And the top of the list really wasn’t a shocker. Carl Crawford is well known for his high school football prowess. Heck, he could have been someone in three major sports. No [...]
The Sunday Papers – The Star That Will Be Desmond Jennings
Posted: 7th February 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in The Sunday PapersTags: AL East, Andy Freed, Desmond Jennings
Desmond Jennings has a profile on raysbaseball.com. He sure is drawing a lot of interest as the 2010 season draws near. And, for good reason. Carl Crawford will be a headline-maker for many reasons throughout the upcoming season for many reasons. Ultimately, Desmond Jennings enters into most of those conversations. He enters the season as [...]
Just Blogging Around – Fantasy Time
Posted: 6th February 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Fantasy Baseball, Just Blogging AroundTags: BJ Upton, Carl Crawford, Desmond Jennings
“Grey” at razzball.com critiques the ESPN mock fantasy baseball draft results in a post from yesterday. In his words, “here’s some head scratchers from ESPN’s 2010 fantasy baseball mock draft:” Carl Crawford – 7th overall. Ha! Seriously, I don’t even know what to say about this. Michael Bourn is that different at around pick 100? [...]
Just Blogging Around: Rays Preview-From a Yankees Site
Posted: 2nd February 2010 by Devon Rogers in Just Blogging AroundTags: Ben Zobrist, BJ Upton, Sean Rodriguez
The LoHud.com Yankees Blog gave a 2010 Rays preview. They, of course, predict the Rays to finish third in the AL East. This post says the Yankees are better than the Rays in rotation. I think that the Rays rotation has the potential to be a great rotation if they are all on. The Yankees rotation [...]
I picked this up from the Heater. Here is the list: 1. Desmond Jennings, OF 2. Jeremy Hellickson, RHP 3. Wade Davis, RHP 4. Matt Moore, LHP 5. Reid Brignac, SS 6. Tim Beckham, SS 7. Alex Colome, RHP 8. Jake McGee, LHP 9. Alex Torres, LHP 10. Nick Barnese, RHP 11. Kyle Lobstein, LHP [...]