[picappgallerysingle id="8610669"]Perhaps this is why players and teams typically try not to negotiate contract extensions during the season. On Tuesday, Ben Zobrist signed his five-year contract extension including options that will pay him almost $30 million if the options are picked up. Since Tuesday, he’s 2 for 15. I know. This all means nothing. [...]
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Rays Farm Report for Thursday, April 29
Posted: 30th April 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Alexander Colome, Chris Andujar, Henry Wrigley, Matt Fields
Triple-A Durham (15-7, 1st place) – lost to Buffalo 4-0 The Bulls offense was shut down today, only mustering 1 hit against the knuckleball throwing RA Dickey of the Bisons. Fernando Perez led off the game with a single. After that, Dickey was perfect, getting 27 straight outs. Heath Phillips saw his record fall to 1-2, [...]
Predicting the Trades
Posted: 29th April 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Just Blogging AroundTags: Andy Sonnanstine, Carl Crawford, Hank Blalock
Our friends at raysindex.com posted their second annual Tampa Bay Rays Trade Pool and Devon and I both gave our lists of the five Rays that we would expect to see traded through the course of the season if a trade is made. My list, with the most likely to be traded first, was: Andy Sonnanstine [...]
What’s Important Now: The Wins Just Keep Coming
Posted: 29th April 2010 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowWith last night’s impressive 10-3 win to complete a 2 game sweep and extend the win streak to 4, the Rays improved to 16-5, 2.5 games ahead of the Yankees and 5.5 games ahead of the 11-11 Red Sox. Looks great for the Rays right now, hopefully the Rays can keep this up for a [...]
Rays Farm Report for Wednesday, April 28
Posted: 29th April 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Brett Nommensen, Jeremy Hellickson, Matt Fields, Tim Beckham
Triple-A Durham (15-6, 1st place) – beat Buffalo 9-2 Starting pitcher Jeremy Hellickson improved his record to 4-0, allowing two runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. Chris Richard (4), Angel Chavez (2) and Rashad Eldridge (1) all hit home runs for the Bulls. Dan Johnson and Hank Blalock each drove in three runs. [...]
What’s Important Now: WD-40 A Little Squeaky
Posted: 28th April 2010 by Devon Rogers in Uncategorized, What's Important NowThe Rays did come out with the win, but it was not pretty. It seemed like everytime the Rays would score, the A’s would answer. It did not help that Davis did not have his best stuff last night, but at least the Rays were able to keep the lead and win the game. The [...]
Rays Farm Report for Tuesday, April 27
Posted: 28th April 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Carlos Hernandez, David Newmann, Henry Wrigley, Wilking Rodriguez
Triple-A Durham (14-6, 1st place) – Lost to Buffalo 9-5 Starter Carlos Hernandez allowed five runs on seven hits and three walks over four innings. Reliever Joaquin Benoit gave up what turned out to be the decisive run in his one inning of work to take the loss. Chris Richard hit his third home run [...]
15-5. Incredible Start…but the Rays May Just Be Getting Started
Posted: 27th April 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays NewsTags: Joaquin Benoit, John Jaso, Pat Burrell, Reid Brignac
[picappgallerysingle id="8626492"]After 20 games, the Rays are on pace for about 120 wins. Unbelievable, even for those of us who thought they were going to be good. This is real good. Having said that, they are showing signs of improvement as games go on. The emergence of offensive juggernaut John Jaso is a surprise. [...]
The Rays will open up a 2 game series against Oakland tonight at the Trop. Oakland will send free agent aquisition Ben Sheets to the mound. Sheets is 1-1 with a 2.74 ERA on the season. The Rays will have rookie Wade Davis on the hill. Davis has pitched well ever since he struggled against [...]