Archive for the ‘Just Blogging Around’ Category

Talk of New York (T.O.N.Y) Sports tabs Desmond Jennings as its AL Rookie of the Year candidate.  While that would be great, I’m not sure where Jennings gets the playing time, at least initially.  The prediction is a good one.  But, it might be a year premature. *** Sportsnewsnetwork.org has the Rays as the fourth best [...]

Baseball Prospectus has recently came out with their top 11 Rays prospects. Here is the list:

The Heater has the list of Baseball America’s top prospects for the Rays in 2010. Desmond Jennings tops the list, which is not really a surprise. No real surprises on the list. Here is the list:  Desmond Jennings Jeremy Hellickson Wade Davis Matt Moore Reid Brignac Tim Beckham Alex Colome Jake McGee Alex Torres Nick Barnese Bleacher [...]

Just Blogging Around – An Upton/White Sox Scenario

Posted: 23rd November 2009 by Michael Emdeyar in Hot Stove, Just Blogging Around
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Reportedly, the Chicago White Sox are kicking the tires on BJ Upton.  And with that, of course, comes speculation of what he might bring in return. ChicagoNow.com’s SoxNet wonders whether the Rays would take closer Bobby Jenks and top catching prospect Tyler Flowers in a trade to get BJ.  Their belief is that the two [...]

Proballnw.com took hold of Bob Nightengale’s tweet that the Tigers, the Mariners and a mystery third team were in talks of a deal that would include Edwin Jackson and Brandon Morrow.  And, they inserted the Rays as that mystery third team. I can see it.  The Rays and the Mariners were linked at trade deadline and Brandon [...]

Just Blogging Around – San Francisco Giants

Posted: 14th November 2009 by Michael Emdeyar in Hot Stove, Just Blogging Around
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Bay City Ball explains why the San Francisco Giants should sign Gregg Zaun.  It seems strange.  The Giants actually have depth at catcher.  There’s Bengie Molina as the regular starter.  There’s Buster Posey as the up-and-comer.  This post thinks the Giants should let Molina go, make Posey the everyday starter and bring in Gregg Zaun [...]