We are one-third of the way through the season. Let’s take a look at how some of the Rays hitters are performing in terms of wOBA. If you are not familiar with wOBA, just think OPS, but better (check this link for a quick explanation). Notes on the table are [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Rodriguez Finally A Ray, Joyce’s (Lack Of) Splits And JoeMa Taking One For All Teams](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hangover3-150x150.jpg)
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: Joe Maddon. With the Rays trailing by 2, Carlos Pena struck out looking for the second out even though he attempted to call time [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Pena’s Golden D, Non-Save Situations And Jaso’s Inexperience](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hangover-150x150.jpg)
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: Pena’s D. There was the diving grab towards foul territory to retire the first batter of the game and then there was the catch [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Jaso, Briggy Baseball And Navi’s Future](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hangover45-150x150.jpg)
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: JJ And Briggy Baseball. Is there any reason why both John Jaso and Reid Brignac shouldn’t be in the lineup every time a righty is [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Jaso’s Big Blast, Big Innings](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hangover36-150x150.jpg)
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: John Jaso. Nobody saw it (unless you were at the game or have an iPhone) but Jaso hit his first big league home run. [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Big Night’s For Big Dub And Rodzilla, Playoff Probabilities And Bowling Green’s Anemic Offense](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hangover32-150x150.jpg)
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: Wade Davis. Big Dub’s control was better (55 strikes, 31 balls). And his curveball was great. If not for the weather and the 12-run [...]
There has been some discussion recently about the Rays batting lineup so we decided to look at the issue a little closer. We used the projected stats for the Rays hitters using the CHONE projection system found at BaseballProjection.com. We then submitted the Rays projected totals to the lineup analysis [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Longoria’s Thievery, The Opening Day Lineup And Blalock’s Opt-Out Updated](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/evan-longoria-150x150.jpg)
One fun story to watch this summer will be Evan Longoria’s stolen bases. Yes, we said stolen bases. Dirtbag is not known for his speed, but in his first two seasons, Longoria has stolen 16 bases without being caught. That is 11 shy of Tim Raines’ major league record of [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Shop’s Big Blast, A Rays Futures Game And Kazmir’s Bum Shoulder](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hangover4-150x150.jpg)
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: Kelly Shoppach. Shoppach hit a grand slam off of Jeremy Hellickson. THE BAD: Future Stars. We like the idea of the Rays playing exhibition [...]
[Update] Roger Mooney reports that Blalock is now willing to accept a demotion to Durham if he is unable to find another big league job. Also, Joe Maddon says Reid Brignac will indeed start at 2B versus right-handed pitchers on most days. [Update] Blalock has until Sunday morning to decide [...]
