Durham 9, Norfolk 2. Julio DePaulo started and pitched 3 scoreless innings…Reid Brignac went 0-5 and Matt Joyce was 1-4 with a walk. Montgomery. (no game scheduled) Sarasota 5, Charlotte 0. Jesse Darcy dropped to 2-8 after giving up 5 runs in 5.2 innings…Shawn O’Malley went 0-3 with a walk…Cody [...]
Gwinnett 8, Durham 5. Matt DeSalvo was knocked out in the 4th inning after giving up 6 runs (5 earned)…James Houser relieved DeSalvo and pitched the final 5.1 innings…Reid Brignac went 1-4 and Matt Joyce was 0-4…Justin Ruggiano went 2-4. Montgomery 6, Tennessee 3. Brandon Mann worked into the 7th [...]
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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 GBT today, Happy Memorial Day. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… Thanks to @coloyan for the screengrab above. The Rays have scheduled a “special [...]
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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: Dale Thayer’s ‘Stache. Sure it was a great game all-around, but by far the best moment of the night was [...]
[UPDATE 3:05pm] Marc Topkin says Troy Percival and Scott Kazmir to the DL. No surprises there. Again, keep an eye on Durham’s rotation the next couple of days to see how it is handled. That will tell us who is being called up on Monday to replace Dale Thayer. [UPDATE 2:30pm] Marc [...]
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DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… Yesterday, the Rays added Wade Davis, Jake McGee and Dale Thayer to the 40-man roster. The moves give the Rays 39 players on the 40-man roster.This is significant because with an open slot on the 40-man roster, the Rays will be able to make a selection in [...]
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Joe Smith of the St. Pete Times is reporting that the Rays have added Wade Davis, Jake McGee and Dale Thayer to the 40-man roster. Thayer is a bit of a surprise as the Rays left him unprotected last season and he went undrafted in the Rule 5 draft. However, [...]
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Yesterday we presented our updated Trade Value Index (TVI). With a little over a week until next Thursday’s trade deadline, rather than take a look at the players the Rays may target we will take a look at the players most likely to be sent packing should Andrew Friedman and [...]
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Durham 7, Charlotte 1. Jeff Niemann may have used the motivation of Mitch Talbot’s promotion to fuel his best start of the year, a complete game effort in which he allowed 1 run while striking out 12 and walking only 1 batter. Niemann threw 107 pitches, 74 for strikes…Justin Ruggiano [...]
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Tampa Bay Rays (66-96)Correction: On Friday we mentioned that Saturday was the deadline for offering arbitration to all players that are arbitration eligible. In fact, the deadline was only for teams to offer arbitration to their free agents. Players with at least three years, but less than six years of [...]
