The Rays today announced that they have optioned Brandon Guyer and Josh Lueke to the minors and reassigned Wil Myers, Juan Sandoval, Wil Inman, and JD Martin to minor league camp*. Myers is not a surprise. The only question is when will he be back. Lueke’s demotion does clear up [...]
Wins and losses in spring training mean little. But that doesn’t mean you should celebrate catching the ball from a walk-off home run that beats your team… And here is the full video… Your browser does not support iframes.
For the second year in a row, several players, coaches, front office people, and media members shaved their heads for charity. You can read more about the cause here. And below are a few images of the shaved heads, including one of Luke Scott without his sideburns. So sad…
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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 4, Orioles 3 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Going Bald. The Rays are shaving their heads for charity again today. Fans can also participate with a $100 [...]
I am not a big fan of using questions in headlines. Writers shouldn’t be coy or try to be too clever, and we should try to be definitive when possible. But I honestly have no idea what the future holds for Mr. Jeffrey Warren Niemann. If Niemann is the odd-man [...]
This is the time of spring when Joe Maddon starts to prepare the starting pitchers for the regular season by using them on normal 4-days rest. And by looking at when the starting pitchers are being used now, we can look forward and see who will likely start the first [...]
Maybe the most important stat during Spring Training is playing time. The positions that a player plays, the amount of playing time the players receive, and when that playing time is logged, gives us some insight into what Joe Maddon is thinking as we head towards the regular season. Playing [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Cobb’s Dominance And Rodney’s Overuse](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/uspw_7114310-160x120.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Yankees 3, RAYS 1 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Alex Cobb. One reason the Rays could afford to trade James Shields is because some think Cobb can be [...]
Fernando Rodney saved another game for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. And as is his custom, El Tejon de Miel (Honey Badger in Spanish) shot his arrow. Only this time, it looks like the entire infield gets in on the action…
The Rays announced today that three more pitchers have been cut and reassigned to minor league camp, including Chris Archer, Alex Torres, and Jake Odorizzi (via Marc Topkin). Archer started four games for the Rays in 2012 and was considered a long-shot for the final spot in the rotation. Torres [...]
