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Tampa Bay Rays (31 days until Opening Day) The Rays and James Houser have found a loophole in his suspension. The Rays added the Sarasota native to their 40-man roster in November to protect him from being taken in the Rule 5 draft, and that move apparently trumps the suspension, [...]
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Devil RaysSince the we embarked on our Thanksgiving shenanigans, the Rays made several changes to the 40-man roster. Dropped from the 40-man roster Chris Snelling (traded to Phillies) Jon Switzer (DFA’d) Brian Stokes (DFA’d) Added to 40-man roster John Jaso, C Jason Pridie, OF Fernando Perez, OF James Houser, SP [...]
Durham 5, Norfolk 2. Jae Seo allowed 1 run in 6 innings. He struck out 3 and walked none to pick up his 8th win. Evan Longoria was 1-4 with a strikeout. Jason Pridie was 1-5 with a double and 2 RBI. He is hitting .314. Montgomery 9, Carolina 1 [...]
Louisville 8, Durham 7. Mitch Talbot was touched for 6 runs in 6.2 innings. He allowed 9 hits and 2 walks, while striking out 6. Shawn Camp entered the game with a 7-6 lead, getting the final out of the 7th inning, but blew the lead in the 8th giving [...]
![[DOWN ON THE FARM] James Houser Suspended 50 Games](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-940977251143128317.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Turns out it was disciplinary and not a trade, with the discipline coming from Major League baseball and not the team. James Houser was suspended for 50 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. Pitching prospect Houser suspended [tampabay.com]Durham 3, Indianapolis 0. Jae Seo pitched 7.2 shutout innings. He [...]
The Devil Rays’ 2003 second round pick, James Houser, was scratched from his scheduled start for the Montgomery Biscuits on Friday night. This comes one night after he was involved in a lengthy closed-door meeting with Biscuit’s manager Billy Gardner, pitching coach Neil Allen and field coordinator Jim Hoff. The [...]
Indianapolis 9, Durham 1. JP Howell was roughed up for 9 runs (7 earned) in only 4 innings. Calvin Medlock pitched 3 shutout innings, with no hits, but did walk 2 and struck out none. Evan Longoria hit his third home run since being promoted to AAA to account for [...]
Charotte 7, Durham 3. Jeff Niemann dropped to 9-5 in his last start before the Major League Baseball future’s game on Monday, as he failed to finish the 4th inning. In 3.2 innings, Niemann allowed 8 hits including 2 home runs, and 3 walks, leading to 4 runs. He struck [...]
Durham 5, Syracuse 4. Mitch Talbot had a rare strong outing for the Bulls last night. He pitched 6 innings and gave up 4 hits and 1 run. He struck out 5, but walked 3 and hit a batter. Seth McClung picked up his 3rd save despite walking 3 and [...]
Durham 10, Syracuse 3. Andy Sonnanstine picked up his 6th win of the season after allowing 3 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks in 6 innings. He was supported by 3 home runs including Joel Guzman’s 5th. He was 2-4 with 3 RBI and picked up his 4th stolen [...]
