Charlotte 2, Durham 1. Carlos Hernandez had a strong start, giving up 1 run in 5 innings on 5 hits and 2 walks. He struck out 2…Matt Joyce was 0-2 and was removed for a pinch hitter in the 6th…Reid Brignac was 0-3 with a walk and an error…John Jaso […]
Gwinnett 3, Durham 0. [Ed. note: Where the heck is Gwinnett and why do they have a triple-A ballclub?][see comments, thanks Chris] David Price was strong in his second start, giving up just 1 unearned run in 5 innings, but was removed after 65 pitches. He struck out 6 and […]
As expected, Matt Joyce was demoted to Durham following yesterday’s game to make room for the return of BJ Upton. Upton will start in center field for tonight’s home opener and bat lead off. And based on his 7 steal attempts in his 3 rehab starts, our guess is Upton […]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Shield’s Big Game, Another Long Ball For Longo And Crazed O’s Fans](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3435548871_1d8cc59a16_m.jpg)
Time to bring back 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. Shields came up with a Big Game when the team really needed one. He retired the first 8 […]
Four weeks ago we addressed 10 questions hovering over the Rays in spring training. Let’s take a look at those questions and see if we are any closer to getting some answers… What can we expect from BJ Upton this season? We are still in “wait-and-see” mode with BJ Upton […]
Color us surprised… Via Marc Lancaster’s Twitter account [Ed. note: It is now up on Lancaster's blog] we learn that Matt Joyce will be on the opening day roster and may start in center field in place of BJ Upton and ahead of Ben Zobrist (Does Zobrist start against lefties?). […]
We are much closer to the opening day roster… Marc Topkin is reporting that Jason Isringhausen will be added to the roster, but will begin the season on the DL. Izzy says he will only need a few weeks in extended spring training, which should buy the Rays a little […]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The Fight For Pitching Jobs, Joyce’s Potential And Ensberg’s Short Rays Career](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3400764145_8248fdef78_m.jpg)
Time to bring back 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: Matt Garza. The Garza Complex rebounded from his dead arm issues to throw 6 strong innings, giving up 3 runs, […]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Matt Joyce’s Shot At Opening Day And Fennellyisms!](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3659/3389422840_9211ca384a_m.jpg)
No GBT today, but we do have a couple of programming notes… We have another interview coming later today. It is Mancation weekend with the boys, so we are actually on the road and will be attending the Rays game against the Twins today. But thanks to Twitter, we will […]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Aki Vs JP, Kennedy For Opening Day And Zorilla The Center Fielder](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3545/3379112532_1c1631fd16_m.jpg)
Time to bring back 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: David Price and his changeup. King David threw 4 scoreless innings and said afterwards that he is now confident enough […]
