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Dec 21

Baseball America Releases Their List Of The Top 10 Rays Prospects

Alexander Colome, Chris Archer, Hak-Ju Lee, Matt Moore, Taylor Guerrieri, Top Prospects Cork Gaines 16 Comments »

Baseball America has released their annual list of the top 10 prospects in the Rays’ organization. And while the top player is no surprise, there are a few names in places we did not expect…

  1. Matt Moore, LHP
  2. Hak-Ju Lee, SS
  3. Chris Archer, RHP
  4. Taylor Guerrieri, RHP
  5. Alex Colome, RHP
  6. Alex Torres, LHP
  7. Tim Beckham, SS
  8. Enny Romero, LHP
  9. Drew Vettleson, OF
  10. Mikie Mahtook, OF

A few notes on the list…

  • With Jeremy Hellickson no longer eligible, Matt Moore jumps from #2 to #1.
  • Also coming off the list due to no longer being eligible are Desmond Jennings (#3 last year), Jake McGee (#4),
  • Josh Sale (#5 last year), Justin O’Connor (#8), and Jake Thompson (#10) all fell out of the top ten after a rough 2011 season.
  • Six players are new to the list this year, including Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 06

The Bus Leagues Experience Volume 2 is now available

Alexander Colome, Book Review, Charlotte Stone Crabs, Jordi Scrubbings, Kes Carter Jordi Scrubbings No Comments »

Cork was kind enough to allow me to make this announcement here, and you folks have been really nice to me since I started here and I’m pretty sure you are all baseball fans, so I hope you don’t mind.

When I am not writing here, I also write for a site called Bus Leagues Baseball. We write about the minor leagues and one of the areas we take the most pride in is our interviews. We have interviewed top prospects, coaches, front office officials, media, and even fans. We try to leave no corner of the minors uncovered.

We have taken the best of our interviews this year and put them in a book. From a Rays perspective, we have interviews with top prospect Alexander Colome, former Devil Ray Mark Hendrickson, recent pick Kes Carter, Jim Donten of the Charlotte Stone Crabs blog Claw Digest.com, and former Devil Rays and Tampa Tarpons employee and current Tampa-area blogger Clark Brooks.

Please check out The Bus Leagues Experience Volume 2.

I’m biased, of course, but I think it would make a great gift for the baseball fan on your holiday list.

Thanks!

May 03

[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss A New Reliever And Some Weekly Awards

Alexander Colome, Ben Zobrist, Brandon Gomes Cork Gaines No Comments »

The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe.

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THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA…

  • Brandon Gomes was called up to take Alex Cobb’s spot on the roster. Gomes had 6 saves in 11 appearances for the Durham Bulls with a 1.35 ERA (1.02 FIP) and 22 strikeouts in 13.1 innings (5 walks). [TampaBay.com]
  • Mark Simon showing some love for Rays Index on the latest episode (5/2) of “Baseball Today.” [ESPN]
  • Ben Zobrist was named AL Player of the Week. [The Heater]
  • Evan Longoria will scale back his workouts after his latest injury. [Rays Report]
  • Alex Colome was named Read the rest of this entry »
Nov 09

Baseball America’s Top 10 Rays Prospects

Alex Torres, Alexander Colome, Desmond Jennings, Drew Vettleson, Jake McGee, Jeremy Hellickson, Josh Sale, Justin O'Connor, Matt Moore Cork Gaines 15 Comments »

Baseball America has released their annual list of the Rays Top 10 prospects. The number in parentheses is that player’s 2010 ranking…

  1. Jeremy Hellickson, RHP (2)
  2. Matt Moore, LHP (4)
  3. Desmond Jennings, OF (1)
  4. Jake McGee, RHP (8)
  5. Josh Sale, OF (NR)
  6. Alex Torres, LHP (9)
  7. Alex Colome, RHP (7)
  8. Justin O’Connor, C (NR)
  9. Drew Vettleson, OF (NR)
  10. Jake Thompson, RHP (NR)

A few notes on the list…

  • The list includes the Rays top-4 draft picks from this past season which either means Baseball America thinks very highly of the Rays draft or the system just isn’t as deep as it has been.
  • No surprise that Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 22

Baseball America’s Top 10 Rays Prospects

Alex Torres, Alexander Colome, Desmond Jennings, Jake McGee, Jeremy Hellickson, Matt Moore, Nick Barnese, Reid Brignac, Tim Beckham, Top Prospects, Wade Davis Cork Gaines 1 Comment »

hangoverBaseball America has released their annual list of the Rays Top 10 prospects. The number in parentheses is that player’s 2009 ranking…

1. Desmond Jennings, of (5)
2. Jeremy Hellickson, rhp (8)
3. Wade Davis, rhp (3)
4. Matt Moore, lhp (6)
5. Reid Brignac, ss (4)
6. Tim Beckham, ss (2)
7. Alexander Colome, lhp (NR)
8. Jake McGee, lhp (9)
9. Alex Torres, lhp (NR)
10. Nick Barnese, rhp (7)

A few notes on the list…

  • The top 4 are no surprise. We would not be surprised if both Desmond Jennings and Jeremy Hellickson are both in the top 10 of BA’s top 100 prospects list.
  • We are a little surprised that Tim Beckham fell all the way to 6, and behind Reid Brignac. The rise of Brignac’s star has slowed considerably, and Beckham held his own in his first full pro season while facing older competition in the South Atlantic League. Of course, Beckham’s status is hurt if he is not a long-term shortstop. And his 43 errors in 117 games does bring that question into play.
  • Alexander Colome was voted the top prospect this season in the New York Penn League.
  • Jake McGee will be 100% this season for the first time since early 2008. While the Rays are still holding out hope that he will develop into a big league starter, for the first time they are openly talking about a move to the bullpen and possible future closer.
  • Alex Torres came to the Rays in the Scott Kazmir deal. He was not ranked in the Angels system a year ago.
  • Nick Barnese’s status is hurt by an injury-shortened 2009 season that limited him to 15 starts. As a result, look for the Rays to limit his workload in 2010 to about 120 innings.
Nov 06

[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Another Market Inefficiency, The Rays Tuesday Win And Minor League Awards

Akinori Iwamura, Alexander Colome, Desmond Jennings Cork Gaines 2 Comments »

hangoverFrom the “Can’t make this up” pile, Marc Topkin drops this little nugget…

…the Rays decided to keep Uchibori, Iwamura’s interpreter the past two years, and gave him a job as a scout in his native Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

Just another move proving that the Rays are trendsetters and super-sleuths at uncovering market inefficiencies. Because obviously interpreters make excellent talent evaluators. There go the Rays, reinventing the game of baseball, one interpreter at a time.

If only the Yankees had thought of that.

[Ed. Note: the gentleman in the above photo with Aki is not his most recent interpreter. That is Aki's first interpreter with the Rays.]

DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA…

  • Noah Pransky of 10Connects explains that the Rays were one of the winners in the St. Pete Mayoral election held on Tuesday. [10Connects.com]
  • Marc Topkin looks at what the Yankees title means for the Rays or as Stuart Sternberg said, “Order has been restored to the baseball universe.” [St. Pete Times]
  • Desmond Jennings was named player of the year in the Southern League and Alexander Colome was named player of the year in the New York-Penn League. Colome was the only pitcher to receive the honor for his league. [MiLB]
  • The Rays restructured their minor league staff. Marc Topkin has the details. [The Heater]
  • The early odds on the Rays to win the World Series next season are 15-to-1. We are guessing that the odds on winning the East are not much better. [Dock of the Rays]