Archive for July, 2015

  • Rays trade Kevin Jepsen to the Twins

    Rays trade Kevin Jepsen to the Twins

    July 31, 2015 at 1:03 pm 15 comments

    And the first shoe has dropped as the Rays have traded relief pitcher Kevin Jepsen to the Minnesota Twins, according to Ken Rosenthal. [Update: The deal is now official as the Rays have announced the trade] The Rays will receive two minor league pitchers from the Twins, according to Marc Topkin. Joel […]

     
  • Chris Archer puts pressure on Rays to add players at trade deadline with some interesting comments

    Chris Archer puts pressure on Rays to add players at trade deadline with some interesting comments

    July 31, 2015 at 10:29 am 10 comments

      The Rays are just 3.0 games back in the Wild Card and yet most indications are that the Rays are willing to trade away some key players as we approach today’s trade deadline. That does not appear to be sitting too well with Chris Archer who is getting vocal. Archer […]

     
  • [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans need to know today

    [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans need to know today

    July 30, 2015 at 9:35 am 1 comment

    The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Tigers 2, RAYS 1 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Chris Archer was as dominant as ever through the first 6 innings, not allowing a base runner and striking out […]

     
  • Kevin Kiermaier keeps Chris Archer’s perfect game hopes alive with amazing catch

    Kevin Kiermaier keeps Chris Archer’s perfect game hopes alive with amazing catch

    July 29, 2015 at 12:31 pm 1 comment

    Chris Archer is working on a perfect game in the sixth inning and Kevin Kiermaier did this! Likes(1)Dislikes(0)

     
  • [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans need to know today

    [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans need to know today

    July 29, 2015 at 8:53 am 3 comments

    The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 10, Tigers 2 (boxscore) THE GOOD: CURT CASALI! Casali hit 2 home runs for the second straight  game. In his last 20 at bats, Casali has 8 […]

     
  • Rays trade David DeJesus to Angels for pitching prospect

    Rays trade David DeJesus to Angels for pitching prospect

    July 28, 2015 at 6:20 pm 10 comments

    The Rays have traded David DeJesus to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim near Disneyland for 20-year-old pitching prospect Eduar Lopez. Lopez was originally signed by the Angels in 2012 as a 17-year-old out of the Dominican Republic. After two seasons in the Dominican Summer league, the right-hander spent the […]

     
  • The Rays’ playoff hopes may have just taken a big hit as the trade deadline nears

    The Rays’ playoff hopes may have just taken a big hit as the trade deadline nears

    July 28, 2015 at 11:52 am 6 comments

    While they are still alive in the AL East, at this point it is more realistic for the Rays to focus on being one of the two Wild Card teams and another team’s recent decision has just made that a little more difficult. Late last week, it looked like the Detroit […]

     
  • Curt Casali

    [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans need to know today

    July 28, 2015 at 8:51 am 3 comments

    The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 5, Tigers 2 (boxscore) THE GOOD: THE RAYS SCORED MORE THAN 4! THE RAYS SCORED MORE THAN 4!…Curt Casali became just the 4th Rays catcher […]

     
  • Rays radio ratings are way up, especially among women

    Rays radio ratings are way up, especially among women

    July 27, 2015 at 3:18 pm 5 comments

    Yes, nobody goes to Rays games. Of course, you guys know there are plenty of Rays fans. And I know there are plenty of Rays. It is just nice to be reassured of this from time to time and the latest comes from the radio side of things. The Rays […]

     
  • [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans need to know today

    [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans need to know today

    July 27, 2015 at 8:09 am 9 comments

    The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Orioles 5, RAYS 2 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Evan Longoria and Logan Forsythe went back-to-back and a belly-to-belly in the 4th. That was followed by a long double by […]