The image at right is from after last night’s no-hitter, in which Evan Longoria gave Matt Garza the ceremonial shaving cream pie-to-the-face. And this morning we read this (via Big League Stew)… We are through the looking glass on these postgame celebrations, people. We have our first injury caused by [...]
After this weekend, all three of the Rays catchers have caught at least 20 games. So we thought it would be a good time to take a closer look at how the catchers have performed defensively. First, let’s take a look at some standard defensive metrics (stats do not include [...]
Last night, Dioner Navarro played in his first minor league game (non-rehab) since 2006. And as Chris over at Watching Durham Bulls Baseball points out, he received a painful welcome… Aroldis Chapman is a very hard-throwing (and at $30 million, expensive) pitcher in the Reds system with some control issues. [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The Struggling Offense, Upton’s Latest Brainfart And Blalock’s Future](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Hangover6-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Diamondbacks 2, Rays 1 THE GOOD: Wade Davis. Nice strong start from Big Dub. The 7.1 innings was his longest outing of the year and only [...]
Marc Topkin is reporting that Dioner Navarro has been demoted to triple-A Durham and Matt Joyce has been promoted to take his place. Earlier today, Carl Crawford left the game with “shoulder soreness.” At this point it is unclear if CC will need to go on the DL, but the [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss 21 Games Of Sucktitude](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/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: THE BAD: 9-12. When the Rays left Houston on May 23, they were 32-12. Since then the Rays are 9-12. Nine and $#@%ing twelve. [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Aki’s Last Day In Pittsburgh, Cold Bats And Rodriguez’ Numbers](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hangover30-150x150.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: Good Starts. After a game like that, about all we can hang our hat on is that the Braves are a good squad and [...]
Following last night’s game, the Rays activated Jason Bartlett from the DL and announced he would start tonight’s game in Atlanta. To make room, Justin Ruggiano was sent back to Durham. This means the Rays will keep three catchers (John Jaso, Dioner Navarro, Kelly Shoppach) for the time being. It [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss An Amped Up Price, Jaso’s Rough Night And The DH](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hangover26-150x150.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: David Price Was Pumped Up. King David’s parents helped arrange for about 250 people to be at last night’s game from Price’s hometown. We [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The Middle Infield, Pena’s Lonely Streak And Navi’s Sore Left Roster Spot](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hangover22-150x150.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: Sean Rodriguez. Rodzilla was 3-3 on Sunday to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. In that span, he is 21-49 (.429) with 5 [...]
