![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss More Solid Relieving, Big Blast James And Manager For A Day](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/357110303143_Yankees_at_Rays-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: Locked In Relievers. Kyle Farnsworth and Joel Peralta, 2 of the 4 relievers with guaranteed jobs combined for 2 scoreless innings, striking out 2. [...]
Tim Beckham 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: James Shields. “Big Blast” Shields pitched 3 innings. That is good because apparently he wasn’t in the game long enough to [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Lots Of Home Runs, The First Base Job And Scrap-Heap Targets](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/357110217004_Rays_Spring_Training-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: Long Balls. The baseballs were flying out of the Orioles renovated Spring Training home. Still, it was nice to see Manny Ramirez get his first [...]
Johnny Damon reported to camp today, and apparently he didn’t want to be outdone by Evan Longoria’s greaser-do (via Marc Topkin). We’re just not sure if we should call this the “Faux-Rayhawk” or the “Ray-Fauxhawk.” Thoughts? Damon on his hair: “I started doing this in April or so of last [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss A Balfour Sign-N-Trade, Playing Golf With Trump And Another Reliever In The Mix](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/357090517250_Indians_at_Rays-150x150.jpg)
While the Yankees ended up signing Rafael Soriano, Brian Cashman first had his eyes set on Grant Balfour. But Cashman made it clear in the aftermath of signing Soriano, that he didn’t want to give up the Yankees first round pick. And as a Type A free agent, Balfour would [...]
Marc Topkin is reporting that the Rays have designated Leslie Anderson and Justin Ruggiano for assignment. The move clears space on the 40-man roster for Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez. The Rays now have 10 days to trade Anderson and Ruggiano or have them subjected to waivers. Moving Ruggiano means
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Kazmir As Pettitte’s Replacement?](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/78918445_Devil_Rays_v_Yankees-150x150.jpg)
Brian Cashman and the Yankees have had a tough off-season. First they lost out on Cliff Lee, and they never got a shot at Carl Crawford. There was the Derek Jeter ugliness and the Rafael Soriano contract Cashman never wanted. To make matters worse, Andy Pettitte pulled a Brett Favre and [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Another Minor League Deal](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/015-150x150.jpg)
Marc Topkin reports that the Rays will sign Felipe Lopez to a minor league deal in the next couple of days. Lopez spent most of the 2010 season with the Cardinals hitting .231 with 7 home runs and 8 stolen bases, before being picked up by the Red Sox in [...]
Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon were introduced to the media today (not each other, they have met before). We will have more on that later, but here is Manny and Damon in Raysian Blue…
