According to Jon Heyman, the Rays have traded Robinson Chirinos to the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later. Chirinos was designated for assignment last week to make room on the roster for Jamey Wright and Shelley Duncan. Chirinos follows in the footsteps of fellow catcher Stephen Vogt [...]
As expected Luke Scott was placed on the 15-day disabled list. In his place, the Rays have added Shelley Duncan to the roster. Also as expected, Jamey Wright was added to the roster as the seventh member of the bullpen. To make room on the 40-man roster for Duncan and [...]
THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… Even though the first official workout is not until Wednesday, camp is open and players are reporting. The image at right is new first baseman James Loney. [Dave Haller] According to some guy with ESPN Radio in Minneapolis who goes by the name “Doogie,” the Padres [...]
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As we mentioned last night on Twitter, 2011 first-round draft pick Mikie Mahtook has been promoted to double-A Montgomery. Mahtook was hitting .290 with a .358 OBP, 5 home runs, and 19 stolen bases. If there is a red flag, it is the 71 strikeouts and just 29 walks for [...]
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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 (off-day) We’re back from our mini Hangover vacation and we have a bunch of links, so let’s get to it. THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… Sam [...]
The Rays have announced that they have claimed 1B/OF Brandon Allen off of waivers from the Oakland A’s. To make room on the 40-man roster, Robinson Chirinos has been moved to the 60-day DL. Allen is expected to be added to the Rays active roster on Friday. Allen has played [...]
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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 [...]
As expected, BJ Upton, Sam Fuld, and Robinson Chirinos have been placed on the 15-day disabled list. As of now, Kyle Farnsworth is on the active roster, but that is expected to change before Friday’s game. Upton’s place on the DL is retroactive to March 26, which means he will [...]
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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 3, Miami 2 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Wade Davis. Is Big Dub was a lock for the rotation, he would have stayed back in Port Charlotte [...]
The Rays rarely like to speak openly about roster decisions before the decisions are made. And part of that is that the Rays are a team that will rarely make a decision before they absolutely have to. However, we can get a good idea of the what the Rays are [...]
