Triple-A Durham Bulls (45-30, 1st place) - beat Lehigh Valley 10-3 Brian Baker improved to a perfect 6-0 on the season, pitching five shutout innings while allowing just two hits and two walks. Dale Thayer was touched for three runs on four hits and a walk in just 1/3 of an inning. The Bulls got home [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Rays Farm Report for Saturday, June 26
Posted: 27th June 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Brian Baker, Kevin Kiermaier, Kyle Lobstein, Leslie Anderson
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Wade Davis Safe for One More Start – Jeremy Hellickson Superb Again
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays NewsTags: Jeremy Hellickson, Wade Davis
[picappgallerysingle id="8742186"]Friday night’s outing by Jeremy Hellickson assures Wade Davis of at least one more start. And, for what it’s worth, Hellickson continues to be a worthy replacement. The move is yours, Wade Davis. At some point, Davis needs to prove he’s worthy of a spot in a big league rotation. So far, he’s [...]
What’s Important Now: Battle of the Uptons, Take 2
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowRound one of the Battle of the Uptons goes to Edwin Jackson. Jeff Niemann gave the Rays a great start, allowing the one earned run, the home run by Adam Laroche. Niemann went 7 1/3 innings. The Rays had plenty of chances, especially since the D-Backs only got one run, but they failed to come [...]
Rays Farm Report for Friday, June 25
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Jake McGee, Jeremy Hellickson, Shawn O'Malley
Triple-A Durham Bulls (44-30, 1st place ) - beat Lehigh Valley 2-1 Jeremy Hellickson won for the tenth time, allowing just one unearned run on four hits over six innings. RJ Swindle and Winston Abreu provided three innings of scoreless relief to preserve the win. Justin Ruggiano was 2-4 with an RBI to lead the Bulls’ offense. [...]
The Rays and No-Hitters
Posted: 25th June 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays NewsTags: Carl Crawford, Edwin Jackson, Jeff Niemann, joe maddon*, John Jaso
The Rays should be embarrassed. They should be angry. They should be asking “What the heck?” I don’t believe there’s any coherent explanation for how a team can be no-hit three times in less than a calendar year, two of which ended in perfect games. The third, saw them walked eight times, stranding eight baserunners, [...]
What’s Important Now: Battle of the Uptons
Posted: 25th June 2010 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowThe Rays pulled out the final game of the series against the Padres with a 5-3 win. Matt Garza had one bad inning in which he allowed the three runs to put the Padres ahead, but the Rays offense picked him up. The Rays had to win after that lead off homer by BJ Upton. [...]
Rays Farm Report for Thursday, June 24
Posted: 25th June 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Aneury Rodriguez, Jeff Malm, Joe Cruz, Nicholas Schwaner
Triple-A Durham Bulls (43-30, 1st place ) - lost to Indianapolis 9-1 Starting pitcher Aneury Rodriguez allowed two runs on four hits over five innings. Reliever Justin Garcia failed to keep it close, allowing two runs in his two innings of work. The Bulls managed only two hits, singles by Desmond Jennings and Angel Chavez. Double-A Montgomery Biscuits [...]
Whiny Babies or Are the Rays Being Jobbed?
Posted: 24th June 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays NewsTags: James Shields, joe maddon*, Lance Cormier, Matt Garza
[picappgallerysingle id="8523322"]Joe Maddon was ejected again today. He was upset about a balk call on Matt Garza. That follows a balk call on James Shields last night which was after a balk call on Lance Cormier over the weekend. The Rays now lead all of baseball in balks. Woo hoo! Matt Garza had two [...]
Navi’s Gone
Posted: 24th June 2010 by Devon Rogers in Transactions NewsTags: Dioner Navarro, Edwin Jackson, Matt Joyce
[picappgallerysingle id="1552509"]The Rays have officially ended the three catcher project, choosing to go with Kelly Shoppach and John Jaso, and sending Dioner Navarro to Durham, as Joe Maddon said in his post-game press conference. This was the right move, as Navi has not done well since 2008. It will be interesting to see if Matt Joyce, [...]
What’s Important Now: Interleague is Almost Over
Posted: 24th June 2010 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowThe Rays lost another game to the Padres, 5-4. The Rays are only losing ground to Yankees, who won again. At least the Red Sox lost once again, to keep us tied 2.5 games back. This Padres team is legit and will have a strong run to the playoffs. The Rays finish out the series [...]