If you guys read The Hangover each morning, you know that Jeff Niemann has been a different pitcher this year. That is, he is throwing five different pitches with regularity. This new “Crafty” Giraffe is a far cry from the Fastball-Curveball pitcher that first made his debut with the Rays [...]
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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 6, Twins 2 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Flash of Power. We call him Flash because of his speed (duh), but also because when the Rays needed [...]
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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. Tigers 7, RAYS 2 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Jeff Niemann. We will continue our trend of looking for the positive in the starting pitchers even on bad [...]
Joe is back with his post-game thoughts…. Well, you knew Jeff Keppinger at cleanup was going to get exposed at some point, and his 0-for-5 protecting Evan Longoria qualified today. What a dump of a 7-2 loss in the rubber game at Detroit. Joe never thought he’d be yearning for the [...]
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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 6, Twins 6 (boxscore) [No GBT today] THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… The Rays will have a ceremony prior to Friday’s game in which they will [...]
Here is Joe Maddon discussing the team’s decision to move Wade Davis to the bullpen…
Earlier today it became official when Jeff Niemann was named one of the Rays’ five starting pitchers. Shortly thereafter, he spoke with Justin Pawlowski of 1010 Sports. Here’s the audio…
According to Marc Topkin of TampaBay.com, the Rays have set their starting pitching rotation and as expected Wade Davis is the odd-man out. The exact order of the rotation is not yet known beyond James Shields on opening day and David Price in game two. The choice between Jeremy Hellickson [...]
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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 10, Twins 4 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Runs! Was it just a coincidence that we picked yesterday to chide the Rays a bit about their anemic [...]
First comes this note from Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe… Kurt Suzuki, C, A’s – The Rays have been trying hard to get him, but Oakland isn’t crazy about Wade Davis or Jeff Niemann in return. As one National League GM pointed out, “The Davises and Niemanns are the [...]
