![[DOWN ON THE FARM] Minor League Pitchers Fear Dioner Navarro](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-7842678736636710152.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Durham 2, Norfolk 0. Jacksonville 11, Montgomery 7. Vero Beach 10. St. Lucie 5. Dioner Navarro had a double and 4 walks in 5 plate appearances as the DH. Geez. Navi goes to Vero Beach and suddenly transforms into Barry Bonds. In 2 games he has walked 6 times…Matt Garzagoes [...]
DRG here again to get you through the weekend. I can be reached here.. The Good: Andy Sonnanstine. The End. The Bad: Baserunning. The End. The Telling: I don’t know if you have ever had an opportunity to watch a White Sox broadcast, but if not, you should put that [...]
![[DOWN ON THE FARM] Scott Kazmir Pitches For First Time In ’08](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-427518244993434358.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Durham 7, Columbus 3. Montgomery 8, Tennessee 5. Vero Beach 8, St. Lucie 3. Scott Kazmir pitched 3 innings, allowed 1 hit, no walks, 1 unearned run. He struck out 3…In 4 plate appearances, Dioner Navarro walked twice, was hit by a pitch and flied out to center. He threw [...]
![[THE SATURDAY MORNING REVOLUTION] More Thoughts On The Evan Longoria Deal](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2295/2424778219_99b159d12e_o.jpg)
DRG here again after a little hiatus to get you through the weekend… The Good: Getting Evan Longoria signed for an average salary over the next 6 years of less than the average salary in baseball right now, which is just north of $3mm. Longoria is just the latest example [...]
![[DAN JOHNSON] Rays Pick Dan Johnson Off Waivers From A’s](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-45304647419495109.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
[Update 4:24 PM] Marc Lancaster is reporting that Calvin Medlock has been designated for assignment to clear room for Johnson on the 40-man roster. However, there is still no word on who is being dropped from the 25-man roster although Justin Ruggiano seems like the obvious choice. Lancaster also notes [...]
![[EVAN LONGORIA] Rays Sign Evan Longoria To $44MM Extension](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-4858685715014518933.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
[Update: 1:29 PM] Anybody still think the Rays could send Longoria back to Durham when Willy Aybar comes off the DL? [Update: 1:20 PM] Bill Chastain has the details and they are a doozy. With options, it can be as long as 9-years (!) and as much as $44 million. [...]
![[DOWN ON THE FARM] Scott Kazmir To Make Rehab Start Tonight](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-8716338314442745160.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Columbus 11, Durham 8. Mike Prochaska was touched for 7 runs (6 earned) in only 4 innings…Reid Brignac and Fernando Perez were both 1-5. Montgomery 10, Tennessee 5. Richard De los Santos picked up his 2nd win of the year with only 1 run allowed in 7 innings. He gave [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] Jason Hammel Continues To Ease Loss Of Scott Kazmir](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2423360554_e28da1d6f3_o.jpg)
THE GOOD: Eric Hinske hit his 4th home run and is red hot. That is a home run in back-to-back games and 3 in the past week, of which he has started 6 games. Since April 9, he is 9-24 (.375) with 3 home runs and 5 RBI…We would be [...]
![[JASON BARTLETT] Brendan Harris Wears Size 12 Cement Shoes](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-2202370571282444492.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Rule #1 in a fight is to never punch “down” a weight class, it is a no-win situation…so we promise to keep civil, but we also feel the need to stick up for all sensible baseball fans. Because apparently if you think Jason Bartlett is a better defensive shortstop than [...]
![[JONNY GOMES] Separated At Birth?](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/2420620055_4e8b0b380e_o.jpg)
We are going to keep doing this until we run out of ideas so bear with us…Jonny Gomes just doesn’t ever seem to get any love. Could it be because he used to be married to Britney Spears? Jonny Gomes and……………….Kevin Federline
