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 […]
[UPDATE: 11:00am] Ken Rosenthal says the Rays are in a “position of strenth,” noting that the Rays could choose to cut Lance Cormier and keep both Niemann and Hammel. Rosenthal is reporting that six teams, including the two listed below, have shown interest in either Niemann or Hammel or both. The Rays […]
Recently we wondered aloud if Wade Davis might actually be closer to being ready for the majors than David Price. Buster Olney spoke with one AL official who makes it sound as if Davis is ready for the big leagues right now. Wade Davis of the Rays was the most […]
![[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 King David’s Demotion, Niemann’s Chances For The Rotation And Kennedy’s Roster Claim](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3386691196_203b5cecae_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: Adam Kennedy. Kennedy may have put an exclamation point on making the opening day roster after Reid Brignac was demoted. […]
A short while ago, we took Mike Silva’s NY Baseball Digest to task for assuming that the Rays were only going to start David Price in the minors this season because the team is cheap. Jay Sorgen later responded to our flurry of jabs. But rather than get into a […]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Upton’s Pain-Free Shoulder, Pena’s Pain-Filled Pennant Run And Kazmir’s Pain-Inducing Slider](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3533/3319827288_c23303a5ab_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. No game yesterday, so let’s get straight to the Webtopia. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… BJ Upton played 4 innings in a minor league […]
[Update] Turns out this interview was actually conducted on behalf of Big League Stew. We originally gave credit to another website that stole the piece. Our apologies to ‘Duk and the rest of the crew over at the always entertaining Big League Stew. David Brown of Big League Stew provides us with […]
