Grant Balfour On Coming To The States And Why He Thrives In Tampa Bay (Video)
Here is a neat little video from ESPN on Grant Balfour… Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Here is a neat little video from ESPN on Grant Balfour… Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: James Shields. James the Greater continues to be one of the most dominant pitchers in the AL with another solid 8 inning performance. And […]
It is time to update the Tampa Bay Rays Trade Value Index in which we rank the top 45 players in the Rays organization based on their overall value to the team. The TVI ranks every player on the 40-man roster and the top prospects. The rankings consider a number […]
A while back we told you about an opportunity to ask Matt Garza a question for Sporting News Magazine. Well we just received our copy of the issue and it looks like two or three of the questions came from Rays Index readers. You guys make us proud. A few […]
We are big fans of Dave Cameron and Fangraphs, but his latest piece for ESPN.com is a bit puzzling (thanks Thad). First is the prediction that the Rays won’t win 70% of their games… So, while the Rays’ record is sparkly, and even their Pythagorean Expected Record is impressive, there […]
Earlier we talked about Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford and their standings in the early All-Star game voting. But there is a third Tampa Bay Ray with an outside shot at being elected a starter…Pat Burrell. Burrell is currently 4th, ahead of David Ortiz and trailing Vladimir Guerrero by about […]
MLB released the first update on All-Star game voting. It is no surprise that Evan Longoria is tops among AL third baseman. After all, he easily outpaced the competition a year ago and was a close third in the overall voting (behind Derek Jeter and Joe Mauer). What is a […]
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Carlos Pena. In an otherwise anemic night offensively, Pena continues to show he is on the upswing hitting his 8th home run and 3rd […]
Tomorrow we will be posting our updated Trade Value Index, in which we rank the top 45 players in the organization based on overall value to the franchise. Two of the most important criteria for determining overall value is a player’s age and the number of years remaining until that […]
When he was 10 years old. This image comes to us from the Astros TV broadcast Friday night. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)