![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The 40-Man Roster, Naimoli’s Bitterness And The End Of The Carlos Hernandez Era](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/hangover4-150x150.jpg)
If you missed it yesterday, the Rays added Desmond Jennings, Jeremy Hellickson and Alex Torres to the 40-man roster. The move left the team with exactly 40 players on the 40-man roster. The biggest surprise was the absence of Aneury Rodriguez, the pitcher the Rays received from the Rockies for [...]
![[DOWN ON THE FARM] Ruggiano Joins Medlock, DiFelice Back In Durham](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-9132861714692813847.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Durham: Off Montgomery 5, Birmingham 4. Jake McGee improved to 2-1 after holding Birmingham to 3 runs in 6 innings. He struck out 5 and walked 2. He did give up a solo home run in the 3rd…Erold Andrus and Sergio Pedroza had 2 hits apiece. Andrus added his 8th [...]
![[DAN JOHNSON] Rays Pick Dan Johnson Off Waivers From A’s](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-45304647419495109.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
[Update 4:24 PM] Marc Lancaster is reporting that Calvin Medlock has been designated for assignment to clear room for Johnson on the 40-man roster. However, there is still no word on who is being dropped from the 25-man roster although Justin Ruggiano seems like the obvious choice. Lancaster also notes [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] Evan Longoria And Justin Ruggiano Key Players In Team USA World Cup Title](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-4636918294087819516.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Team USA 6, Cuba 3.Team USA won all three games over the weekend including a 6-3 victory over Cuba on Sunday in the final to win the 2007 World Cup. Both Evan Longoria and Justin Ruggiano contributed in the final, with Longoria going 2-5 with 2 runs scored and Ruggiano [...]
Surprise 9, Scottsdale 6.Reid Brignac was 0-4 and is now hitting .118 (2-17) and Evan Longoria was 1-3 with a single and a walk with 2 strike outs. Calvin Medlock pitched a perfect 4 outs with 1 strike out. He now has a 5.06 ERA in 5.1 IP covering 3 [...]
We are still not back from our self-imposed exile in the sunshine state, so the regular posts will not return until tomorrow, but in the meantime, we heard some rumors that Andrew Friedman may have made a move or two this weekend to improve the Rays relief corps. We have [...]
