[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Blalock’s Near Signing, Aybar’s Near Return And Joyce’s Sore Leg
Desmond Jennings, Hank Blalock, Matt Joyce, Uncategorized, Willy Aybar March 8th. 2010, 8:11am
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe.
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THE GOOD: Kelly Shoppach. Shoppach is showing the one thing Dioner Navarro can’t do even in a good year, hit home runs. Shoppach went deep for the second straight game…Jake McGee. McGee retired 4 of the 5 batters he faced, striking out 2…Justin Ruggiano. Ruggy’s nailed a runner at the plate to end the 8th and keep the score tied…Reid Brignac got two more hits and is now 6-10 this spring.
THE BAD: Pat Burrell. In the third inning with the bases loaded, one out and a rookie on the mound, The Bat grounded into a double-play to end the inning…Heath Phillips. Phillips blew a 2-run lead in the 8th and has now allowed 6 runs in 3.2 innings…Gabe Kapler. He got off to a slow start in 2009 and 2010 is not much different. He led off yesterday going 0-4 and is now 0-8 this spring.
THE TELLING: Desmond Jennings returned to action and went 2-2 with a a single and a double. He is expected to get his first start today…Sean Rodriguez got his first start at second base and his third start at three different positions…RJ Swindle is not expected back for a while…
DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA…
- The Hardball Times has introduced their “THT Forecasts” for the 2010 season. We did the write-ups for the Rays players. [The Hardball Times]
- Marc Topkin writes that the Rays are very close to a deal with Hank Blalock. [The Heater]
- Marc Topkin says Willy Aybar will be taking batting practice soon and that Matt Joyce is being hampered by a sore leg. [St. Pete Times]
- In the same piece, Joe Maddon still hasn’t decided whether Evan Longoria will bat 3rd or 5th, with Ben Zobrist taking the other slot. [St. Pete Times]
- The Rays are working with Randy Choate to be tougher on righties so that he can be called on to work through those tough lefty-righty-lefty situations. [MLB]
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I know Florida has a lot of nursing homes…but why do old players have to be signed by the Rays for one more year before they check into their new home??…we have about 5 guys that can hit better than Blalock that won’t even make the team!!!
How about lawn bowling as the team (hobby) sport! Come On!!
The Hardball Times needs to learn that it’s not “Devil Rays” anymore…
Blalock is purely insurance for when pena goes and/or pat quits…