Dioner Navarro

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  [THE HANGOVER] Josh Paul Is Still Favorite To Be Backup Catcher

  February 18, 2008 at 9:29 am 4 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (42 days until Opening Day)Joe Maddon stated that Shawn Riggans is the favorite to be the backup catcher on opening day. Papa Joe then commented on what his criteria is for a backup catcher. “The backup guy should be pretty effective defensively,” Maddon said. “It’s not an [...]

   
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  [THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON REVOLUTION] Three Players May Not Be Enough For The Fragile ‘Right Field Triangle’

  February 16, 2008 at 3:27 pm 5 comments

  Tampa Bay Devil Dogs (44 days until Opening Day)DRG here again to get you through the weekend…Joe Maddon regularly refers to the “right field triangle” of Cliff Floyd, Rocco Baldelli and Jonny Gomes. Maybe it should be the “right field square”.Floyd has arrived at camp and says that he feels [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Camp Opens For Rays With Few Jobs On The Line

  February 15, 2008 at 9:24 am 10 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (45 days until Opening Day)Lots ‘o Links today, so let’s get to ‘em… DEVIL RAYS WEBTOPIA… The Tampa Tribune does not see many positions open for the Rays heading into Spring Training. By their count, there are two spots in the rotation, two in the bullpen, one [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] We Promise That All The Talk About Prospects Will End Soon, Just Not Today

  February 11, 2008 at 8:52 am 4 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (3 days until pitchers and catchers report)Just wanted to take a second to once again thank DRG for holding down the fort on the weekend, allowing us to enjoy are literal hangovers in peace. We have a few things on tap for you today but until then [...]

   
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  [THE SATURDAY MORNING REVOLUTION] In A Revolution, One Triumphs Or One Dies

  February 2, 2008 at 11:35 am 7 comments

  Tampa Bay Devil Dogs (12 days until pitchers and catchers report) Please allow myself to introduce…myself. The name is DEVIL RAY GUEVARA. You can call me DRG for short. I will be manning the ship on most weekends from now on and if I behave myself, the Prof says I [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] National Media Knows More About Rays Prospects Than The Major League Roster

  January 30, 2008 at 9:15 am 1 comment

  Tampa Bay Rays (15 days until pitchers and catchers report)Today is national croissant day, which of course means that we are making American croissants for breakfast. DEVIL RAYS WEBTOPIA… Just in case Marc Topkin is looking for material today, here are two more positions that the Rays are trying to [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] John Jaso And Dioner Navarro Would Make An Ideal Platoon In 2009

  January 17, 2008 at 9:52 am 8 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (28 days until pitchers and catchers report) Rays Anatomy points to a Jim Callis chat at ESPN.com in which Callis believes the Rays catcher in 2010 will be John Jaso. We are big believers in Jaso, a 12th-round selection in the 2003 draft, and eagerly await the [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The Rays Drop $2.9 Million On Seventh Inning Pitcher

  January 16, 2008 at 8:55 am 7 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (29 days until pitchers and catchers report) The Rays came to an agreement with Dan Wheeler on a one year contract for $2.875 million, avoiding arbitration. The salary will give Wheeler the 5th highest salary on the Rays in 2008, behind only Carl Crawford ($5.25 million), Troy [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] One More Time…Scott Kazmir Is Not Going Anywhere…For Now

  January 7, 2008 at 10:58 am 3 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (38 days until pitchers and catchers report)Will everybody please shut the hell up about Scott Kazmir? This has been going on all off-season and it is approaching ludicrous levels. The original source for all the stories and speculation was a New York Post article written by the [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Three. Numbers. Is. Toooo. Much.

  January 2, 2008 at 9:19 am 5 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (42 days until pitchers and catchers report)It is a slow time in baseball right now and a lot of baseball team blogs are struggling to find things to write about. To fill the time, most of these sites are (over)analyzing 2007 and picking apart the numbers and [...]